celacanto
Italian
Etymology
From New Latin, from Ancient Greek κοῖλος (koîlos) "hollow" + ἄκανθα (ákantha) "spine".
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t͡ʃe.laˈkan.to/
- Rhymes: -anto
- Hyphenation: ce‧la‧càn‧to
Noun
celacanto m (plural celacanti)
- coelacanth
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /se.laˈkɐ̃.tu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /se.laˈkɐ̃.to/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /sɨ.lɐˈkɐ̃.tu/
- Rhymes: -ɐ̃tu
Noun
celacanto m (plural celacantos)
- coelacanth (either of two species of deep-water fish)
Spanish
Etymology
From New Latin coelacanthus, from Ancient Greek κοῖλος (koîlos, “hollow”) + ἄκανθα (ákantha, “spine”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /θelaˈkanto/ [θe.laˈkãn̪.t̪o]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /selaˈkanto/ [se.laˈkãn̪.t̪o]
- Rhymes: -anto
- Syllabification: ce‧la‧can‧to
Noun
celacanto m (plural celacantos)
- coelacanth
Further reading
- “celacanto”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014