elíptico

Learned borrowing from Latin ellīpticus, from Ancient Greek ἐλλειπτικός (elleiptikós, “defective”).

elíptico (feminine elíptica, masculine plural elípticos, feminine plural elípticas)

1. elliptical

• elipse

Learned borrowing from Latin ellīpticus, from Ancient Greek ἐλλειπτικός (elleiptikós, “defective”).

• Hyphenation: e‧líp‧ti‧co

elíptico (feminine elíptica, masculine plural elípticos, feminine plural elípticas)

1. elliptical (in shape reminding of an ellipse, oval)

• elipse

• “elíptico”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “elíptico”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Learned borrowing from Latin ellīpticus, from Ancient Greek ἐλλειπτικός (elleiptikós, “defective”).

• IPA^(key): /eˈlibtiko/ [eˈliβ̞.t̪i.ko]
• Rhymes: -ibtiko
• Syllabification: e‧líp‧ti‧co

elíptico (feminine elíptica, masculine plural elípticos, feminine plural elípticas)

1. elliptical (in the shape of an ellipse; oval)
2. elliptical (of or showing ellipsis; having words omitted)

• “elíptico”, 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