pterodáctilo

Portuguese

Etymology

From French ptérodactyle, from Ancient Greek πτερόν (pterón, “wing”) + δάκτυλος (dáktulos, “finger”).

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /pi.te.ɾoˈdak.t͡ʃi.lu/, /pte.ɾoˈdak.t͡ʃi.lu/, /pi.te.ɾoˈda.ki.t͡ʃi.lu/, /pte.ɾoˈda.ki.t͡ʃi.lu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /pte.ɾoˈdak.t͡ʃi.lo/, /pi.te.ɾoˈdak.t͡ʃi.lo/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ptɛ.ɾɔˈda.kti.lu/ [ptɛ.ɾɔˈða.kti.lu]

Hyphenation: pte‧ro‧dác‧ti‧lo

Noun

pterodáctilo m (plural pterodáctilos)

pterodactyl

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from French ptérodactyle, from Ancient Greek πτερόν (pterón, “wing”) + δάκτυλος (dáktulos, “finger”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /teɾoˈdaɡtilo/ [t̪e.ɾoˈð̞aɣ̞.t̪i.lo]
Rhymes: -aɡtilo
Syllabification: pte‧ro‧dác‧ti‧lo

Noun

pterodáctilo m (plural pterodáctilos)

pterodactyl

Further reading

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

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.