cetáceo

See also: cetaceo

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from taxonomic name Cetacea.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /seˈta.se.u/, /seˈta.si.u/ [seˈta.sɪ.u], (faster pronunciation) /seˈta.sju/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /seˈta.se.u/, /seˈta.si.u/ [seˈta.sɪ.u], (faster pronunciation) /seˈta.sju/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /seˈta.se.o/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɨˈta.sju/

• Rhymes: -asju, (Brazil) -aseu
• Hyphenation: ce‧tá‧ce‧o

Adjective

cetáceo (feminine cetácea, masculine plural cetáceos, feminine plural cetáceas)

1. cetacean; cetaceous (pertaining to the zoologic order Cetacea)

Noun

cetáceo m (plural cetáceos)

1. cetacean (any animal belonging to the order Cetacea)

Spanish

Etymology

From translingual Cetacea, from Latin cētus, from Ancient Greek κῆτος (kêtos, “whale, sea monster”), + translingual -acea, from Latin -ācea, neuter plural of -āceus (“resembling, -aceous”) (cognate with Spanish -áceo).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /θeˈtaθeo/ [θeˈt̪a.θe.o]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /seˈtaseo/ [seˈt̪a.se.o]
• Rhymes: -aθeo
• Rhymes: -aseo
• Syllabification: ce‧tá‧ce‧o

Adjective

cetáceo (feminine cetácea, masculine plural cetáceos, feminine plural cetáceas)

1. cetaceous

Noun

cetáceo m (plural cetáceos)

1. cetacean

Further reading

• “cetáceo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16