ápice

See also: apice

Galician

Etymology

From Latin apex.

Noun

ápice m (plural ápices)

1. apex, tip

   Synonym: punta

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin apex, apicem.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈa.pi.si/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈa.pi.si/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈa.pi.se/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈa.pi.sɨ/

• Rhymes: -apisi, -apisɨ
• Hyphenation: á‧pi‧ce

Noun

ápice m (plural ápices)

1. ridge in point; apex
2. culmination; ridge; pinnacle; vertex
3. apex
   1. (astronomy) point on the celestial sphere towards which the Sun is directed
   2. (grammar) terminal part; tip
   3. (anatomy) end of an organ
   4. (anatomy) terminal part of the root of a tooth
   5. (grammar) umlaut
4. (figuratively) the highest degree of something
5. (figuratively) refinement
6. (figuratively) a minimal thing
7. (figuratively) moment, instant

Further reading

• “ápice” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
• “ápice” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Spanish

Alternative forms

• ápex

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin apicem. Doublet of ápex.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /ˈapiθe/ [ˈa.pi.θe]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /ˈapise/ [ˈa.pi.se]

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• (Spain) Rhymes: -apiθe
• (Latin America) Rhymes: -apise
• Syllabification: á‧pi‧ce

Noun

ápice m (plural ápices)

1. apex, tip
2. (botany) apex
3. (figuratively) a very small bit; a small amount of something

Derived terms

• apicectomía
• ni un ápice

 

Related terms

• apical

 

Further reading

• “ápice”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014