celacanto

Italian

Etymology

From New Latin, from Ancient Greek κοῖλος (koîlos) "hollow" + ἄκανθα (ákantha) "spine".

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /t͡ʃe.laˈkan.to/
Rhymes: -anto
Hyphenation: ce‧la‧càn‧to

Noun

celacanto m (plural celacanti)

coelacanth

Portuguese

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /se.laˈkɐ̃.tu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /se.laˈkɐ̃.to/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɨ.lɐˈkɐ̃.tu/

Rhymes: -ɐ̃tu

Noun

celacanto m (plural celacantos)

coelacanth (either of two species of deep-water fish)

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin coelacanthus, from Ancient Greek κοῖλος (koîlos, “hollow”) + ἄκανθα (ákantha, “spine”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Spain) /θelaˈkanto/ [θe.laˈkãn̪.t̪o]
IPA^(key): (Latin America) /selaˈkanto/ [se.laˈkãn̪.t̪o]
Rhymes: -anto
Syllabification: ce‧la‧can‧to

Noun

celacanto m (plural celacantos)

coelacanth

Further reading

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

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