acimut

Galician

Noun

acimut m (plural acimuts)

1. azimuth

Spanish

Alternative forms

• azimut

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French azimut, from Arabic اَلسَّمْت (as-samt, “direction”). See cenit.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /aθiˈmut/ [a.θiˈmut̪]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /asiˈmut/ [a.siˈmut̪]

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• Rhymes: -ut
• Syllabification: a‧ci‧mut

Noun

acimut m (plural acimuts)

1. azimuth

Derived terms

• acimutal

 

Related terms

• cenit

 

Further reading

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