espéculo

See also: especulo and especuló

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin speculum. Doublet of espelho.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /isˈpɛ.ku.lu/, /esˈpɛ.ku.lu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /isˈpɛ.ku.lu/, /esˈpɛ.ku.lu/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /iʃˈpɛ.ku.lu/, /eʃˈpɛ.ku.lu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /esˈpɛ.ku.lo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʃˈpɛ.ku.lu/

• Rhymes: -ɛkulu
• Hyphenation: es‧pé‧cu‧lo

Noun

espéculo m (plural espéculos)

1. speculum

Related terms

• especular

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin speculum. Compare the inherited doublet espejo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /esˈpekulo/ [esˈpe.ku.lo]
• Rhymes: -ekulo
• Syllabification: es‧pé‧cu‧lo

Noun

espéculo m (plural espéculos)

1. speculum

Related terms

• especular

 

Further reading

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