estoma

See also: èstoma

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek στόμα (stóma).

Noun

estoma m (plural estomes)

1. (botany) stoma (tiny pore in the epidermis of a leaf)
2. (medicine) stoma (surgically constructed opening)

Further reading

• “estoma” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “estoma”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “estoma” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “estoma” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek στόμα (stóma).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /isˈtõ.mɐ/, /esˈtõ.mɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /isˈtõ.mɐ/, /esˈtõ.mɐ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /iʃˈtõ.mɐ/, /eʃˈtõ.mɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /esˈto.ma/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʃˈto.mɐ/

Noun

estoma m (plural estomas)

1. (botany) stoma (tiny pore in the epidermis of a leaf)
2. (medicine) stoma (surgically constructed opening)

Further reading

• “estoma”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek στόμα (stóma).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /esˈtoma/ [esˈt̪o.ma]
• Rhymes: -oma
• Syllabification: es‧to‧ma

Noun

estoma m (plural estomas)

1. (botany) stoma
2. (medicine) stoma

Further reading

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