eucalipto
Galician
Alternative forms
- olcalitro
Noun
eucalipto m (plural eucaliptos)
- eucalyptus
Italian
Noun
eucalipto m (plural eucalipti)
- eucalyptus
Anagrams
- copuliate
Portuguese
Alternative forms
- eucalypto (obsolete)
- calípio (Caipira, nonstandard)
Etymology
From the New Latin genus name Eucalyptus or French eucalyptus, named by French botanist Charles Louis L'Héritier de Brutelle in the 18th century after Ancient Greek εὖ (eû, “well”) + καλυπτός (kaluptós, “covered”).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ew.kaˈlip.tu/ [eʊ̯.kaˈlip.tu], /ew.kaˈli.pi.tu/ [eʊ̯.kaˈli.pi.tu]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ew.kaˈlip.to/ [eʊ̯.kaˈlip.to]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ew.kɐˈli.ptu/
- Hyphenation: eu‧ca‧lip‧to
Noun
eucalipto m (plural eucaliptos)
- eucalyptus (any tree of the genus Eucalyptus)
Related terms
- eucaliptal
- eucaliptol
Spanish
Etymology
From New Latin Eucalyptus, from Ancient Greek εὖ (eû, “well”) + καλυπτός (kaluptós, “covered”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /eukaˈlibto/ [eu̯.kaˈliβ̞.t̪o]
- Rhymes: -ibto
- Syllabification: eu‧ca‧lip‧to
Noun
eucalipto m (plural eucaliptos)
- eucalyptus
Derived terms
- eucaliptal m
Further reading
- “eucalipto”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014