radikalo

Esperanto

Etymology

    Learned borrowing from Latin rādīcālis.[1] First attested in 1952.[2]

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /radiˈkalo/
    • Rhymes: -alo
    • Syllabification: ra‧di‧ka‧lo

    Noun

    radikalo (accusative singular radikalon, plural radikaloj, accusative plural radikalojn)

    1. (linguistics) stem (uninflected part of a word)
    2. (chemistry) radical

    References

    1. ^ Cherpillod (2003), “radikalo
    2. ^ Neves & Pabst (2022), page 710: “radikal/”