exsicante

Portuguese

Etymology

From exsicar +‎ -ante.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /e.siˈkɐ̃.t͡ʃi/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /e.siˈkɐ̃.te/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ɐjʃ.siˈkɐ̃.tɨ/, /ɐj.ʃiˈkɐ̃.tɨ/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ejʃ.siˈkɐ̃.tɨ/, /ej.ʃiˈkɐ̃.tɨ/
- (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ejʃ.siˈkɐ̃.tɨ/, /ej.ʃiˈkɐ̃.tɨ/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /eʃ.siˈkɐ̃.tɨ/, /e.ʃiˈkɐ̃.tɨ/

Rhymes: -ɐ̃tɨ, -ɐ̃tʃi

Adjective

exsicante m or f (plural exsicantes)

that exsiccates
(chemistry) capable of extracting the water of crystallization from a crystalline substance

Further reading

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