fécula
See also: fecula
Portuguese
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin faecula, diminutive of faex (“residue, dregs”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfɛ.ku.lɐ/
- Rhymes: -ɛkulɐ
- Hyphenation: fé‧cu‧la
Noun
fécula f (plural féculas)
- starch (powdery substance extracted from plants)
- Synonym: amido
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin faecula, diminutive of faex (“residue, dregs”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfekula/ [ˈfe.ku.la]
- Rhymes: -ekula
- Syllabification: fé‧cu‧la
Noun
fécula f (plural féculas)
- starch (powdery substance extracted from plants)
- Synonym: almidón
Further reading
- “fécula”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014