cartilagem

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin cartilāgine-.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaʁ.t͡ʃiˈla.ʒẽj̃/ [kah.t͡ʃiˈla.ʒẽɪ̯̃]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaʁ.t͡ʃiˈla.ʒẽj̃/ [kah.t͡ʃiˈla.ʒẽɪ̯̃]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /kaɾ.t͡ʃiˈla.ʒẽj̃/ [kaɾ.t͡ʃiˈla.ʒẽɪ̯̃]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /kaʁ.t͡ʃiˈla.ʒẽj̃/ [kaχ.t͡ʃiˈla.ʒẽɪ̯̃]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaɻ.t͡ʃiˈla.ʒẽj̃/ [kaɻ.t͡ʃiˈla.ʒẽɪ̯̃]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐɾ.tiˈla.ʒɐ̃j̃/

• Rhymes: -aʒẽj̃, -aʒɐ̃j̃
• Hyphenation: car‧ti‧la‧gem

Noun

cartilagem f (plural cartilagens)

1. (anatomy) cartilage (elastic and resistant tissue that is found at the ends of bones and can make up the skeleton of certain animals)

Related terms

adjectives

• cartilagíneo
• cartilaginoso

 

Further reading

• “cartilagem”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
• “cartilagem”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024