vértice

vértice

See also: vertice

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Learned borrowing from Latin verticem (“whirlpool”). Doublet of vórtice and vórtex.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈvɛʁ.t͡ʃi.si/ [ˈvɛh.t͡ʃi.si]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈvɛʁ.t͡ʃi.si/ [ˈvɛh.t͡ʃi.si]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ˈvɛɾ.t͡ʃi.si/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈvɛʁ.t͡ʃi.si/ [ˈvɛχ.t͡ʃi.si]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈvɛɻ.t͡ʃi.se/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈvɛɾ.ti.s(ɨ)/

Noun

vértice m (plural vértices)

1. vertex (highest point)

   Synonyms: cume, topo

2. (anatomy) vertex (top part of the skull)
3. (geometry) vertex (corner of a polygon or polyhedron)
4. (graph theory) vertex (element joined by edges to other such points)
5. (computer graphics) vertex (point in 3D space)

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin vertex. Doublet of vórtice.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /ˈbeɾtiθe/ [ˈbeɾ.t̪i.θe]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /ˈbeɾtise/ [ˈbeɾ.t̪i.se]

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• (Spain) Rhymes: -eɾtiθe
• (Latin America) Rhymes: -eɾtise
• Syllabification: vér‧ti‧ce

Noun

vértice m (plural vértices)

1. (anatomy, geometry) vertex

Related terms

• vertical
• verticilo

Further reading

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