silício

See also: silicio

Portuguese

Chemical element
Si
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Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin silicium, from Latin silex (“stone, flint”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /siˈli.si.u/ [siˈli.sɪ.u], (faster pronunciation) /siˈli.sju/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /siˈli.si.u/ [siˈli.sɪ.u], (faster pronunciation) /siˈli.sju/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /siˈli.si.o/ [siˈli.sɪ.o], (faster pronunciation) /siˈli.sjo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /siˈli.sju/

• Hyphenation: si‧lí‧ci‧o
• Homophone: cilício

Noun

silício m (plural silícios)

1. (chemistry, uncountable) silicon
2. an atom of silicon

Related terms

• silicato
• silicificar
• silicioso
• silicone

Further reading

• “silício”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025