adenoide

adenoide

See also: adénoïde

Italian

Etymology

From adeno- +‎ -oide.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.deˈnɔj.de/
• Rhymes: -ɔjde
• Hyphenation: a‧de‧nòi‧de

Adjective

adenoide (plural adenoidi)

1. (relational, anatomy) adenoidal (of or pertaining to the adenoids)

Noun

adenoide f (plural adenoidi)

1. (anatomy, usually in the plural) adenoids

Derived terms

• adenoideo

Further reading

• adenoide in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
• adenoide in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
• adenoide in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
• adenoide in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
• adenoide in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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Portuguese

Alternative forms

• adenóide (pre-1990 spelling)

Etymology

From French adénoïde, from Ancient Greek ἀδενοειδής (adenoeidḗs), from ἀδήν (adḗn, “gland”) and εἶδος (eîdos, “form”). By surface analysis, adeno- +‎ -oide.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.deˈnɔj.d͡ʒi/ [a.deˈnɔɪ̯.d͡ʒi]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.deˈnɔj.d͡ʒi/ [a.deˈnɔɪ̯.d͡ʒi]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.deˈnɔj.de/ [a.deˈnɔɪ̯.de]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.dɨˈnɔj.d(ɨ)/ [ɐ.ðɨˈnɔj.ð(ɨ)]

• Hyphenation: a‧de‧noi‧de

Adjective

adenoide m or f (plural adenoides)

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Noun

adenoide f (plural adenoides)

1. (anatomy) adenoid (mass of lymphatic tissue situated posterior to the nasal cavity)

Further reading

• “adenoide” in iDicionário Aulete.
• “adenoide” in Dicionário inFormal.
• “adenoide” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “adenoide” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2023.
• “adenoide” in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa.
• “adenoide” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

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Spanish

Etymology

From adeno- +‎ -oide.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /adeˈnoide/ [a.ð̞eˈnoi̯.ð̞e]
• Rhymes: -oide
• Syllabification: a‧de‧noi‧de

Adjective

adenoide (plural adenoides)

1. Alternative form of adenoideo

Noun

adenoide f (plural adenoides)

1. (anatomy, chiefly in the plural) adenoid

   Synonym: vegetación

Derived terms

• adenoideo

Further reading

• “adenoide”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014