cutícula
See also: cuticula
Portuguese
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin cutīcula.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /kuˈt͡ʃi.ku.lɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /kuˈt͡ʃi.ku.la/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /kuˈti.ku.lɐ/
- Rhymes: -ikulɐ
- Hyphenation: cu‧tí‧cu‧la
Noun
cutícula f (plural cutículas)
- cuticle (hardened skin around the nail)
Further reading
- “cutícula”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “cutícula”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
Spanish
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kuˈtikula/ [kuˈt̪i.ku.la]
- Rhymes: -ikula
- Syllabification: cu‧tí‧cu‧la
Noun
cutícula f (plural cutículas)
- cuticle (hardened skin around the nail)
Further reading
- “cutícula”, 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