dentículo

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin denticulus.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /dẽˈt͡ʃi.ku.lu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /dẽˈt͡ʃi.ku.lu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /dẽˈt͡ʃi.ku.lo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /dẽˈti.ku.lu/

• Rhymes: -ikulu
• Hyphenation: den‧tí‧cu‧lo

Noun

dentículo m (plural dentículos)

1. denticle (small tooth)
2. (architecture) dentil, denticle (each of the tooth-shaped notches on a cornice)

Further reading

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

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin denticulus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /denˈtikulo/ [d̪ẽn̪ˈt̪i.ku.lo]
• Rhymes: -ikulo
• Syllabification: den‧tí‧cu‧lo

Noun

dentículo m (plural dentículos)

1. denticle

   Synonym: dentellón

2. (architecture) dentil, denticle

Related terms

• denticulado

 

Further reading

• “dentículo”, 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