acanto

Italian

Etymology

From Latin acanthus, from Ancient Greek ἄκανθος (ákanthos).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aˈkan.to/
    • Rhymes: -anto
    • Hyphenation: a‧càn‧to
  • (proscribed) IPA(key): /ˈa.kan.to/[1]

Noun

acanto m (plural acanti)

  1. (botany, architecture) acanthus (Acanthus mollis)

References

  1. acanto in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Further reading

  • acanto in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin acanthus, from Ancient Greek ἄκανθος (ákanthos).

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /aˈkɐ̃.tu/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /aˈkɐ̃.to/

  • Hyphenation: a‧can‧to

Noun

acanto m (plural acantos)

  1. acanthus (any of the genus Acanthus of prickly herbaceous plants)

Further reading

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin acanthus, from Ancient Greek ἄκανθος (ákanthos).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aˈkanto/ [aˈkãn̪.t̪o]
  • Rhymes: -anto
  • Syllabification: a‧can‧to

Noun

acanto m (plural acantos)

  1. acanthus (plant)
  2. (architecture) acanthus

Further reading

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