albicante

Latin

Participle

albicante

1. ablative masculine/feminine/neuter singular of albicāns

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin albicantis, albicāns, present participle of albicō (“to whiten, to be whitish”), from albus (“white”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aw.biˈkɐ̃.t͡ʃi/ [aʊ̯.biˈkɐ̃.t͡ʃi]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aw.biˈkɐ̃.t͡ʃi/ [aʊ̯.biˈkɐ̃.t͡ʃi]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /aw.biˈkɐ̃.te/ [aʊ̯.biˈkɐ̃.te]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /al.biˈkɐ̃.tɨ/ [aɫ.βiˈkɐ̃.tɨ]

Adjective

albicante m or f (plural albicantes)

1. (rare) albicant (becoming white; whitish)

   Synonym: albescente

Derived terms

• corpo albicante

 

Related terms

• álbum
• alvo
• corpus albicans

 

Further reading

• “albicante”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024
• “albicante”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024