cotonete

Portuguese

Etymology

From trademark Cotonetes (a Johnson & Johnson-associated trademark).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ko.toˈnɛ.t͡ʃi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ko.toˈnɛ.t͡ʃi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ko.toˈnɛ.te/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɔ.tɔˈnɛ.tɨ/

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -ɛt͡ʃi, (Portugal) -ɛtɨ
• Hyphenation: co‧to‧ne‧te

Noun

cotonete m or f (plural cotonetes)

1. cotton swab (a small wad of cotton wrapped around the end of a small rod used to clean the inner ear)

Spanish

Etymology

Genericized trademark from Cotonetes.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kotoˈnete/ [ko.t̪oˈne.t̪e]
• Rhymes: -ete
• Syllabification: co‧to‧ne‧te

Noun

cotonete m (plural cotonetes)

1. (Ecuador, Mexico, Paraguay, Uruguay) cotton swab

   Synonym: hisopo

Further reading

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