cotonete

Portuguese

Etymology

Genericized trademark from 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

Further reading

• “cotonete”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “cotonete”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “cotonete”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
• “cotonete”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025

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

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:hisopo

Further reading

• “cotonete”, 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