quántum

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin quantum.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkwantum/ [ˈkwãn̪.t̪ũm]
  • Rhymes: -antum
  • Syllabification: quán‧tum

Noun

quántum m (plural quanta)

  1. alternative form of cuanto (“quantum”)

Usage notes

According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.

Further reading

  • Manuel Seco; Olimpia Andrés; Gabino Ramos (3 August 2023), “quántum”, in Diccionario del español actual [Dictionary of Current Spanish] (in Spanish), third digital edition, Fundación BBVA [BBVA Foundation]
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.