edículo

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin aedicula (“small building, chapel, shrine”), diminutive of aedēs (“temple, sanctuary”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eˈdikulo/ [eˈð̞i.ku.lo]
• Rhymes: -ikulo
• Syllabification: e‧dí‧cu‧lo

Noun

edículo m (plural edículos)

1. a small building; an aedicule
2. shrine, tabernacle

Related terms

• edificar
• edificio

 

Further reading

• “edículo”, 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