panóptico

Portuguese

Etymology

From Ancient Greek πᾶν (pân, “all”) + ὀπτικός (optikós, “visible”), equivalent to pan- +‎ óptico.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /paˈnɔ.pi.t͡ʃi.ku/, /paˈnɔp.t͡ʃi.ku/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /paˈnɔ.pi.t͡ʃi.ku/, /paˈnɔp.t͡ʃi.ku/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /paˈnɔp.t͡ʃi.ko/, /paˈnɔ.pi.t͡ʃi.ko/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɐˈnɔ.pti.ku/

Noun

panóptico m (plural panópticos)

1. panopticon (hypothetical prison wherein all the cells are visible from the centre of the building)

Spanish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek πᾶν (pân, “all”) + ὀπτικός (optikós, “visible”), equivalent to pan- +‎ óptico.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paˈnobtiko/ [paˈnoβ̞.t̪i.ko]
• Rhymes: -obtiko
• Syllabification: pa‧nóp‧ti‧co

Adjective

panóptico (feminine panóptica, masculine plural panópticos, feminine plural panópticas)

1. panoptic

Noun

panóptico m (plural panópticos)

1. panopticon (hypothetical prison wherein all the cells are visible from the centre of the building)

Further reading

• “panóptico”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28