homúnculo

See also: homunculo

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin homunculus.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /oˈmũ.ku.lu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /oˈmũ.ku.lu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /oˈmũ.ku.lo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɔˈmũ.ku.lu/

Noun

homúnculo m (plural homúnculos)

1. diminutive of homem
2. (alchemy) homunculus (miniature of a person believed to reside inside sperm)

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin homunculus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /oˈmunkulo/ [oˈmũŋ.ku.lo]
• Rhymes: -unkulo
• Syllabification: ho‧mún‧cu‧lo

Noun

homúnculo m (plural homúnculos)

1. homunculus

Further reading

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