cutícula

See also: cuticula

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin cutīcula.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kuˈt͡ʃi.ku.lɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kuˈt͡ʃi.ku.lɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /kuˈt͡ʃi.ku.la/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kuˈti.ku.lɐ/

• Rhymes: -ikulɐ
• Hyphenation: cu‧tí‧cu‧la

Noun

cutícula f (plural cutículas)

1. cuticle (hardened skin around the nail)

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin cutīcula.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kuˈtikula/ [kuˈt̪i.ku.la]
• Rhymes: -ikula
• Syllabification: cu‧tí‧cu‧la

Noun

cutícula f (plural cutículas)

1. cuticle (hardened skin around the nail)

Further reading

• “cutícula”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28