ornitorrinco

Galician

Etymology

From the genus name Ornithorhynchus, from Ancient Greek ὄρνις, ὄρνιθος (órnis, órnithos, “bird”) + ῥύγχος (rhúnkhos, “snout”).

Noun

ornitorrinco m (plural ornitorrincos)

platypus

Portuguese

Etymology

From the New Latin genus name Ornithorhynchus, from Ancient Greek ὄρνις, ὄρνιθος (órnis, órnithos, “bird”) + ῥύγχος (rhúnkhos, “snout”).

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /oʁ.ni.toˈʁĩ.ku/ [oɦ.ni.toˈhĩ.ku]
- (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /oɾ.ni.toˈʁĩ.ku/ [oɾ.ni.toˈhĩ.ku]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /oʁ.ni.toˈʁĩ.ku/ [oʁ.ni.toˈχĩ.ku]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /oɻ.ni.toˈʁĩ.ko/ [oɻ.ni.toˈhĩ.ko]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɔɾ.ni.tɔˈʁĩ.ku/

Noun

ornitorrinco m (plural ornitorrincos)

platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus, a monotreme of Australia)

Spanish

Etymology

From the genus name Ornithorhynchus, from Ancient Greek ὄρνις, ὄρνιθος (órnis, órnithos, “bird”) + ῥύγχος (rhúnkhos, “snout”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /oɾnitoˈrinko/ [oɾ.ni.t̪oˈrĩŋ.ko]
Rhymes: -inko
Syllabification: or‧ni‧to‧rrin‧co

Noun

ornitorrinco m (plural ornitorrincos)

platypus

Further reading

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

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