penicilina
Portuguese
Etymology
From English penicillin, coined by Alexander Fleming after New Latin Penicillium notatum (now Penicillium chrysogenum), a fungus from which penicillin is obtained.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /pe.ni.siˈlĩ.nɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /pe.ni.siˈli.na/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /pɨ.ni.siˈli.nɐ/
- Hyphenation: pe‧ni‧ci‧li‧na
Noun
penicilina f (uncountable)
- penicillin (antibiotic)
Hypernyms
Related terms
- peniciliforme
- penicilinado
- penicilino-resistência
- penicilino-resistente
- penicilinoterapia
Further reading
- “penicilina”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “penicilina”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /peniθiˈlina/ [pe.ni.θiˈli.na] (Spain, Equatorial Guinea)
- IPA(key): /penisiˈlina/ [pe.ni.siˈli.na] (Latin America, Philippines)
- Rhymes: -ina
- Syllabification: pe‧ni‧ci‧li‧na
Noun
penicilina f (plural penicilinas)
Further reading
- “penicilina”, 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