capilar

capilar

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin capillāris.[1][2]

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ka.piˈlaʁ/ [ka.piˈlah]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ka.piˈlaʁ/ [ka.piˈlah]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ka.piˈlaɾ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ka.piˈlaʁ/ [ka.piˈlaχ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ka.piˈlaɻ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐ.piˈlaɾ/

• Hyphenation: ca‧pi‧lar

Adjective

capilar m or f (plural capilares)

1. capillary (of or relating to hair)

Noun

capilar m (plural capilares)

1. (anatomy) capillary (any of small blood vessels that connect arteries to veins)

References

1. “capilar” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2023.
2. “capilar” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

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Romanian

Etymology

From French capillaire, from Latin capillaris.

Adjective

capilar m or n (feminine singular capilară, masculine plural capilari, feminine and neuter plural capilare)

1. capillary

Declension

Declension of capilar

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	capilar		capilară	capilari	capilare
	definite	capilarul		capilara	capilarii	capilarele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	capilar		capilare	capilari	capilare
	definite	capilarului		capilarei	capilarilor	capilarelor

Related terms

• capilaritate

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Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin capillāris, from capillus (“hair”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kapiˈlaɾ/ [ka.piˈlaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: ca‧pi‧lar

Adjective

capilar (plural capilares)

1. (relational) hair
2. capillary

Noun

capilar m (plural capilares)

1. capillary

Derived terms

• capilaridad

Related terms

• cabello

Further reading

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