percebe

From Medieval Latin pollicipēde, from Latin pollicis (“thumb”) + pedis (“foot”).

• IPA^(key): /peɾˈθeβe̝/, (western) /peɾˈseβe̝/

percebe m (plural percebes)

1. (carcinology) gooseneck barnacle

• percebeiro
• percebella

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “percebe”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “percebe”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “percebe”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

• perceve
• perceba

From Medieval Latin pollicipedem, from Latin pollicem "thumb" + pēs, pedis "foot".

• Hyphenation: per‧ce‧be

percebe m (plural percebes)

1. barnacle

   Synonym: craca

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

• Hyphenation: per‧ce‧be

percebe

1. inflection of perceber:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

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

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *pollicipedem, attested also in Medieval Latin. From Latin pollicem (“thumb”) + pēs (“foot”) (genitive singular pedis).

• IPA^(key): /peɾˈθebe/ [peɾˈθe.β̞e] (Spain, Equatorial Guinea)
• IPA^(key): /peɾˈsebe/ [peɾˈse.β̞e] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -ebe
• Syllabification: per‧ce‧be

percebe m (plural percebes)

1. barnacle

• “percebe”, 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