foliáceo

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin foliāceus, from folium (“leaf”) (Portuguese folha).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /fo.liˈa.se.u/ [fo.lɪˈa.se.u], (faster pronunciation) /foˈlja.se.u/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /fo.liˈa.se.u/ [fo.lɪˈa.se.u], (faster pronunciation) /foˈlja.se.u/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /fo.liˈa.se.o/ [fo.lɪˈa.se.o], (faster pronunciation) /foˈlja.se.o/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /fuˈlja.sju/

• Rhymes: -aseu, -asju
• Hyphenation: fo‧li‧á‧ce‧o

Adjective

foliáceo (feminine foliácea, masculine plural foliáceos, feminine plural foliáceas)

1. leafy (shaped like a leaf or leaves)

Further reading

• “foliáceo”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
• “foliáceo”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin foliāceus, from folium (“leaf”) (Spanish hoja).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /foˈljaθeo/ [foˈlja.θe.o]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /foˈljaseo/ [foˈlja.se.o]
• Rhymes: -aθeo
• Rhymes: -aseo
• Syllabification: fo‧liá‧ce‧o

Adjective

foliáceo (feminine foliácea, masculine plural foliáceos, feminine plural foliáceas)

1. leafy (shaped like a leaf or leaves)

Further reading

• “foliáceo”, 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