occipício

Portuguese

Alternative forms

occipúcio

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ok.siˈpi.si.u/ [ok.siˈpi.sɪ.u], (faster pronunciation) /ok.siˈpi.sju/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ok.siˈpi.si.o/ [ok.siˈpi.sɪ.o], (faster pronunciation) /ok.siˈpi.sjo/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɔ.ksiˈpi.sju/

Hyphenation: oc‧ci‧pí‧ci‧o

Noun

occipício m (plural occipícios)

(anatomy) occiput (back of the head or skull)
Synonyms: occipital, occiput

Further reading

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