cirílico
Portuguese
Etymology
From Cirilo + -ico after Saint Cyril, creator of the Glagolitic alphabet.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /siˈɾi.li.ku/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /siˈɾi.li.ko/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /siˈɾi.li.ku/
- Rhymes: -iliku
Noun
cirílico m (uncountable)
- Cyrillic (a script or alphabet)
Related terms
Adjective
cirílico (feminine cirílica, masculine plural cirílicos, feminine plural cirílicas, not comparable)
Further reading
- “cirílico”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “cirílico”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
- “cirílico”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
- “cirílico”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
Spanish
Etymology
From Cirilo + -ico after Saint Cyril, creator of the Glagolitic alphabet.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /θiˈɾiliko/ [θiˈɾi.li.ko] (Spain, Equatorial Guinea)
- IPA(key): /siˈɾiliko/ [siˈɾi.li.ko] (Latin America, Philippines)
- Rhymes: -iliko
- Syllabification: ci‧rí‧li‧co
Adjective
cirílico (feminine cirílica, masculine plural cirílicos, feminine plural cirílicas)
Further reading
- “cirílico”, 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