hibisco

Latin

Noun

hibīscō

1. dative/ablative singular of hibīscum

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin hibiscum.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /iˈbis.ku/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /iˈbis.ku/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /iˈbiʃ.ku/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /iˈbis.ko/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /iˈbiʃ.ku/ [iˈβiʃ.ku]

• Hyphenation: hi‧bis‧co

Noun

hibisco m (plural hibiscos)

1. hibiscus (a flower of the genus Hibiscus)

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin hibiscum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /iˈbisko/ [iˈβ̞is.ko]
• Rhymes: -isko
• Syllabification: hi‧bis‧co

Noun

hibisco m (plural hibiscos)

1. hibiscus

Further reading

• “hibisco”, 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