jónico

See also: jonico and jônico

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• jônico, iônico (Brazil)
• iónico (Portugal)

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʒɔ.ni.ku/

• Rhymes: -ɔniku
• Hyphenation: jó‧ni‧co

Adjective

jónico (feminine jónica, masculine plural jónicos, feminine plural jónicas, not comparable) (European Portuguese spelling)

1. Ionian; Ionic
2. (architecture) Ionic

Noun

jónico m (plural jónicos, feminine jónica, feminine plural jónicas) (European Portuguese spelling)

1. Ionian (a member of the Ionians)

Noun

jónico m (plural jónicos) (European Portuguese spelling)

1. (poetry) Ionic (a four-syllable metrical unit that occurs in Ancient Greek and Latin poetry)

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin Iōnicus, from Ancient Greek Ἰωνικός (Iōnikós).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈxoniko/ [ˈxo.ni.ko]
• Rhymes: -oniko
• Syllabification: jó‧ni‧co

Adjective

jónico (feminine jónica, masculine plural jónicos, feminine plural jónicas)

1. Ionian; Ionic
2. (architecture) Ionic

Derived terms

• Islas Jónicas
• Mar Jónico

 

Noun

jónico m (plural jónicos, feminine jónica, feminine plural jónicas)

1. Ionian

Related terms

• Jonia

 

Further reading

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