celacanto
Italian edit
Etymology edit
From New Latin, from Ancient Greek κοῖλος (koîlos) "hollow" + ἄκανθα (ákantha) "spine".
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
celacanto m (plural celacanti)
Portuguese edit
Pronunciation edit
- Rhymes: -ɐ̃tu
Noun edit
celacanto m (plural celacantos)
- coelacanth (either of two species of deep-water fish)
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from New Latin coelacanthus, from Ancient Greek κοῖλος (koîlos, “hollow”) + ἄκανθα (ákantha, “spine”).
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): (Spain) /θelaˈkanto/ [θe.laˈkãn̪.t̪o]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /selaˈkanto/ [se.laˈkãn̪.t̪o]
- Rhymes: -anto
- Syllabification: ce‧la‧can‧to
Noun edit
celacanto m (plural celacantos)
Further reading edit
- “celacanto”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014