ciempiés

Spanish

Alternative forms

cientopiés (New Mexico)

Etymology

From cien (“one hundred”) +‎ pies (“feet”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Spain) /θjemˈpjes/ [θjẽmˈpjes]
IPA^(key): (Latin America) /sjemˈpjes/ [sjẽmˈpjes]
Rhymes: -es
Syllabification: ciem‧piés

Noun

ciempiés m (plural ciempiés)

centipede

Hypernyms

miriópodo

Related terms

milpiés

Further reading

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

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