odontoceto

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /o.don.toˈt͡ʃɛ.to/

Noun

odontoceto m (plural odontoceti)

1. toothed whale

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from New Latin Odontoceti, From Ancient Greek ὀδόντος (odóntos, “teeth”) + κῆτος (kêtos, “whale”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /oˌdõ.toˈsɛ.tu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /oˌdõ.toˈsɛ.tu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /oˌdõ.toˈsɛ.to/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɔ.dõ.tɔˈsɛ.tu/ [ɔ.ðõ.tɔˈsɛ.tu]

Noun

odontoceto m (plural odontocetos)

1. odontocete, toothed whale

Adjective

odontoceto (feminine odontoceta, masculine plural odontocetos, feminine plural odontocetas)

1. of or relating to toothed whales

Further reading

• “odontoceto”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024
• “odontoceto”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /odontoˈθeto/ [o.ð̞õn̪.t̪oˈθe.t̪o]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /odontoˈseto/ [o.ð̞õn̪.t̪oˈse.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -eto
• Syllabification: o‧don‧to‧ce‧to

Noun

odontoceto m (plural odontocetos)

1. toothed whale