lêntico

Portuguese

Etymology

From lento +‎ -ico.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈlẽ.t͡ʃi.ku/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈlẽ.t͡ʃi.ku/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈlẽ.t͡ʃi.ko/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈlẽ.ti.ku/

• Rhymes: -ẽt͡ʃiku, -ẽtiku
• Hyphenation: lên‧ti‧co

Adjective

lêntico (feminine lêntica, masculine plural lênticos, feminine plural lênticas)

1. (ecology) lentic (relating to an environment of still water or little movement)
2. (ecology) lentic (said of an organism that lives in an environment of this type)

Further reading

• “lêntico”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “lêntico”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025