ciempiés

Spanish

Alternative forms

• cientopiés (New Mexico)

Etymology

From cien (“one hundred”) +‎ pies (“feet”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /θjemˈpjes/ [θjẽmˈpjes]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /sjemˈpjes/ [sjẽmˈpjes]
• Rhymes: -es
• Syllabification: ciem‧piés

Noun

ciempiés m (plural ciempiés)

1. centipede

Hypernyms

• miriópodo

Related terms

• milpiés

Further reading

• “ciempiés”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10