amonite

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from French ammonite, from Latin Ammōnis cornū (literally “horn of Ammon”), named by Pliny the Elder.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.moˈni.t͡ʃi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.moˈni.t͡ʃi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.moˈni.te/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.muˈni.tɨ/

• Hyphenation: a‧mo‧ni‧te

Noun

amonite f (plural amonites)

1. (paleontology) ammonite (any of an extinct group of cephalopods of the subfamily Ammonoidea)

Spanish

Noun

amonite m (plural amonites)

1. (paleontology) ammonite (extinct cephalopod)