fórceps

See also: forceps

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin forceps.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈfɔʁ.se.pis/ [ˈfɔh.se.pis], /ˈfɔʁ.seps/ [ˈfɔh.seps]
- (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ˈfɔɾ.se.pis/, /ˈfɔɾ.seps/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈfɔʁ.se.piʃ/ [ˈfɔχ.se.piʃ], /ˈfɔʁ.sepʃ/ [ˈfɔχ.sepʃ]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈfɔɻ.seps/, /ˈfɔɻ.se.pis/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈfɔɾ.sɨpʃ/

Hyphenation: fór‧ceps

Noun

fórceps m (invariable)

forceps (instrument used in surgery to grasp objects)
Synonym: fórcipe

Further reading

“fórceps” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin forceps.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Spain) /ˈfoɾθebs/ [ˈfoɾ.θeβ̞s]
IPA^(key): (Latin America) /ˈfoɾsebs/ [ˈfoɾ.seβ̞s]
(Spain) Rhymes: -oɾθebs
(Latin America) Rhymes: -oɾsebs
Syllabification: fór‧ceps

Noun

fórceps m (plural fórceps)

forceps

Further reading

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

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