rinoceronte

From Latin rhīnocerōtem, from Ancient Greek ῥινόκερως (rhinókerōs), from ῥίς, ῥινός (rhís, rhinós, “nose”) + κέρας (kéras, “horn”).

• IPA^(key): /rinoθeˈɾonte/ [ri.no.θeˈɾõn̪.t̪e]
• Rhymes: -onte
• Syllabification: ri‧no‧ce‧ron‧te

rinoceronte m (plural rinocerontes)

1. rhinoceros (herbivorous pachyderm)

From Latin rhīnocerōtem, from Ancient Greek ῥινόκερως (rhinókerōs), from ῥίς, ῥινός (rhís, rhinós, “nose”) + κέρας (kéras, “horn”).

• Rhymes: -onte
• Hyphenation: ri‧no‧ce‧ron‧te

rinoceronte m (plural rinocerontes)

1. rhinoceros

From Latin rhīnocerōtem, from Ancient Greek ῥινόκερως (rhinókerōs), from ῥίς, ῥινός (rhís, rhinós, “nose”) + κέρας (kéras, “horn”).

• IPA^(key): /ri.no.t͡ʃeˈron.te/
• Rhymes: -onte
• Hyphenation: ri‧no‧ce‧rón‧te

rinoceronte m (plural rinoceronti)

1. rhinoceros

• contornerei

• rhinocerota (obsolete)

From Latin rhīnocerōntem, from Ancient Greek ῥινόκερως (rhinókerōs), from ῥίς (rhís, “nose”) + κέρας (kéras, “horn”).

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• Hyphenation: ri‧no‧ce‧ron‧te

rinoceronte m (plural rinocerontes)

1. rhinoceros

   Synonyms: (obsolete) bada, (obsolete) ganda

• The gender of this Portuguese zoonym is always masculine: when the gender of the being itself must be specified, rinoceronte-macho for male and rinoceronte-fêmea for female. Here, fêmea is treated as an undeclinable noun and doesn't necessarily need to agree in gender with the referent, but would change to fêmeo if so.
• Colloquially it may be treated as a feminine noun ("a rinoceronte").

• “rinoceronte”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “rinoceronte”, in Dicio – Dicionário Online de Português (in Portuguese), São Paulo: 7Graus, 2009–2026
• “rinoceronte”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “rinoceronte”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
• “rinoceronte”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

• rinocerõte, rhinocerõte (obsolete)

From Latin rhīnocerōtem, from Ancient Greek ῥινόκερως (rhinókerōs), from ῥίς, ῥινός (rhís, rhinós, “nose”) + κέρας (kéras, “horn”).

• IPA^(key): /rinoθeˈɾonte/ [ri.no.θeˈɾõn̪.t̪e] (Spain, Equatorial Guinea)
• IPA^(key): /rinoseˈɾonte/ [ri.no.seˈɾõn̪.t̪e] (Latin America, Philippines)

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• Rhymes: -onte
• Syllabification: ri‧no‧ce‧ron‧te

rinoceronte m (plural rinocerontes, feminine rinoceronta, feminine plural rinocerontas)

1. rhinoceros

   Synonym: abada (obsolete)

• “rinoceronte”, 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