mímico

See also: mimico

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin mīmicus, from Ancient Greek μιμικός (mimikós).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈmĩ.mi.ku/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈmĩ.mi.ku/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈmi.mi.ko/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈmi.mi.ku/

• Rhymes: -imiku, (Brazil) -ĩmiku
• Hyphenation: mí‧mi‧co

Adjective

mímico (feminine mímica, masculine plural mímicos, feminine plural mímicas)

1. mimic

Noun

mímico m (plural mímicos, feminine mímica, feminine plural mímicas)

1. mimic; mime (person who practices mimicry)

Related terms

• mímica

Further reading

• “mímico”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin mīmicus, from Ancient Greek μιμικός (mimikós).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmimiko/ [ˈmi.mi.ko]
• Rhymes: -imiko
• Syllabification: mí‧mi‧co

Adjective

mímico (feminine mímica, masculine plural mímicos, feminine plural mímicas)

1. mimic

Related terms

• mímica

 

Further reading

• “mímico”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16