quiroplasto

Portuguese

Etymology

From quiro- +‎ -plasto.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ki.ɾoˈplas.tu/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ki.ɾoˈplaʃ.tu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ki.ɾoˈplas.to/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ki.ɾuˈplaʃ.tu/

Hyphenation: qui‧ro‧plas‧to

Noun

quiroplasto m (plural quiroplastos)

(music, historical) chiroplast
Synonym: quiroginasta

Further reading

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