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)
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)
Further reading
- “celacanto”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “celacanto”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from New Latin coelacanthus, from Ancient Greek κοῖλος (koîlos, “hollow”) + ἄκανθα (ákantha, “spine”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /θelaˈkanto/ [θe.laˈkãn̪.t̪o] (Spain, Equatorial Guinea)
- IPA(key): /selaˈkanto/ [se.laˈkãn̪.t̪o] (Latin America, Philippines)
- Rhymes: -anto
- Syllabification: ce‧la‧can‧to
Noun
celacanto m (plural celacantos)
Further reading
- “celacanto”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025