escorbuto

Portuguese

Etymology

From French scorbut, related to Dutch scheurbuik.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /is.koʁˈbu.tu/ [is.koɦˈbu.tu], /es.koʁˈbu.tu/ [es.koɦˈbu.tu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /is.koʁˈbu.tu/ [is.koɦˈbu.tu], /es.koʁˈbu.tu/ [es.koɦˈbu.tu]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /is.koɾˈbu.tu/, /es.koɾˈbu.tu/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /iʃ.koʁˈbu.tu/, /eʃ.koʁˈbu.tu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /es.koɻˈbu.to/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʃ.kuɾˈbu.tu/ [(i)ʃ.kuɾˈβu.tu]

• Hyphenation: es‧cor‧bu‧to

Noun

escorbuto m (usually uncountable, plural escorbutos)

1. (pathology) scurvy (deficiency of vitamin C)

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from French scorbut, from Late Latin scorbutus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eskoɾˈbuto/ [es.koɾˈβ̞u.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -uto
• Syllabification: es‧cor‧bu‧to

Noun

escorbuto m (plural escorbutos)

1. scurvy

Related terms

• antiescorbútico
• escorbútico

 

Further reading

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