espécimen

See also: espècimen

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin specimen.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /isˈpɛ.si.mẽj̃/ [isˈpɛ.si.mẽɪ̯̃], /esˈpɛ.si.mẽj̃/ [esˈpɛ.si.mẽɪ̯̃]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /isˈpɛ.si.mẽj̃/ [isˈpɛ.si.mẽɪ̯̃], /esˈpɛ.si.mẽj̃/ [esˈpɛ.si.mẽɪ̯̃]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /iʃˈpɛ.si.mẽj̃/ [iʃˈpɛ.si.mẽɪ̯̃], /eʃˈpɛ.si.mẽj̃/ [eʃˈpɛ.si.mẽɪ̯̃]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /esˈpɛ.si.mẽj̃/ [esˈpɛ.si.mẽɪ̯̃]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʃˈpɛ.si.mɛn/

• Hyphenation: es‧pé‧ci‧men

Noun

espécimen m (plural especímenes)

1. Alternative form of espécime

Spanish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin specimen.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /esˈpeθimen/ [esˈpe.θi.mẽn]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /esˈpesimen/ [esˈpe.si.mẽn]
• Rhymes: -eθimen
• Rhymes: -esimen
• Syllabification: es‧pé‧ci‧men

Noun

espécimen m (plural especímenes)

1. specimen

Further reading

• “espécimen”, 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