epiderme
See also: épiderme
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin epidermis (“epidermis”), from Ancient Greek ἐπιδερμίς (epidermís), from ἐπί (epí, “on top of”) + δέρμα (dérma, “skin”).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /e.piˈdɛʁ.mi/ [e.piˈdɛɦ.mi]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /e.piˈdɛɾ.mi/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /e.piˈdɛʁ.mi/
- (Caipira) IPA(key): /e.piˈdɛɻ.mi/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /e.piˈdɛʁ.me/ [e.piˈdɛɦ.me]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɛ.piˈdɛɾ.mɨ/ [ɛ.piˈðɛɾ.mɨ], /e.piˈdɛɾ.mɨ/ [e.piˈðɛɾ.mɨ], /i.piˈdɛɾ.mɨ/ [i.piˈðɛɾ.mɨ]
- Hyphenation: e‧pi‧der‧me
Noun
epiderme f (plural epidermes)
- epidermis (skin's outer layer in animals)
Hypernyms
Related terms
Further reading
- “epiderme”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “epiderme”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026