clavícula

See also: clavicula

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin clavicula. Compare the inherited doublet clavilla.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [kləˈβi.ku.lə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [kləˈvi.ku.lə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [klaˈvi.ku.la]

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Noun

clavícula f (plural clavícules)

1. clavicle

Derived terms

• clavicular

Further reading

• “clavícula” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Galician

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin clavicula. Doublet of chavella, inherited.

Noun

clavícula f (plural clavículas)

1. clavicle, collarbone

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin clavicula (“small key”), diminutive of clāvis (“key”). Doublet of chavelha, cravelha, and cavilha.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /klaˈvi.ku.lɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /klaˈvi.ku.lɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /klaˈvi.ku.la/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /klɐˈvi.ku.lɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /klɐˈvi.ku.lɐ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /klɐˈbi.ku.lɐ/ [klɐˈβi.ku.lɐ]

• Rhymes: -ikulɐ
• Hyphenation: cla‧ví‧cu‧la

Noun

clavícula f (plural clavículas)

1. collarbone, clavicle

Hypernyms

• osso

Derived terms

• clavicular

Related terms

• chave

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin clavicula (“small key”), diminutive of clāvis (“key”). Compare the doublets clavija, lavija, and llavija.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /klaˈbikula/ [klaˈβ̞i.ku.la]
• Rhymes: -ikula
• Syllabification: cla‧ví‧cu‧la

Noun

clavícula f (plural clavículas)

1. collarbone, clavicle

Related terms

• clavicular

 

Further reading

• “clavícula”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28