tecto

Interlingua

Noun

tecto (plural tectos)

  1. roof

Latin

Participle

tēctō

  1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of tēctus

Noun

tēctō

  1. dative/ablative singular of tēctum

Portuguese

Noun

tecto m (plural tectos)

  1. pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1990 in Portugal) of teto; still used where the agreement hasn’t come into effect and may occur as a sporadic misspelling

Usage notes

The 1943 Brazilian Orthographic Form recognized this spelling as valid, although less preferred, seeing as the ⟨c⟩ was rarely pronounced.[1] The modern Brazilian Orthographic Vocabulary no longer admits this form.

References

  1. ^ Academia Brasileira de Letras (1943), Pequeno Vocabulário Ortográfico da Língua Portuguêsa‎[1] (in Portuguese), Imprensa Nacional: “18. Devem-se registrar os vocábulos cujas consoantes facultativamente se pronunciam, pondo-se em primeiro lugar o de uso mais generalizado, e em seguida o outro. Assim, serão consignados, além de outros, êstes: […] tecto e teto.”

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