ónix
Galician edit
Noun edit
ónix m (uncountable)
Portuguese edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin onyx, from Ancient Greek ὄνυξ (ónux, “claw; onyx”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃nogʰ-.
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: ó‧nix
Noun edit
ónix m (invariable) (European Portuguese)
- onyx (a banded variety of chalcedony)
Hypernyms edit
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin onyx, from Ancient Greek ὄνυξ (ónux).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ónix m or f same meaning (uncountable)
Alternative forms edit
Further reading edit
- “ónix”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014