ótico

See also: otico and otico-

Portuguese

FWOTD – 4 January 2016

Pronunciation

  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈɔ.ti.ku/
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈɔ.t͡ʃi.ku/
  • Hyphenation: ó‧ti‧co

Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek ὠτικός (ōtikós, pertaining to the ear), from οὖς (oûs, ear).

Adjective

ótico m (feminine singular ótica, masculine plural óticos, feminine plural óticas, comparable)

  1. (anatomy) otic (related to the ear)
    • 2008 (6th edition), Peter H. Abrahams, Johannes M. Boon, Jonathan D. Spratt, McMinn Atlas Clínico de Anatomia Humana, Elsevier, page 93:
      [] , o nervo chega ao gânglio ótico (33) via forame oval.
      [] , the nerve reaches the otic ganglion via the foramen ovale.

Etymology 2

Modified from learned form óptico, from Ancient Greek ὀπτικός (optikós, of seeing), from ὀπτός (optós, seen, visible).

Adjective

ótico m (feminine singular ótica, masculine plural óticos, feminine plural óticas, comparable)

  1. Alternative form of óptico
    • 2002, Walter A. Mannheimer, Microscopia dos Materiais: Uma Introdução, Sociedade Brasileira de Microscopia e Microanálise, page 111.5:
      Frequentemente, os instrumentos óticos, incluindo o microscópio, são iluminados por “luz branca”, que é uma mistura de luz de diferentes cores.
      Often, optical instruments, including the microscope, are illuminated with “white light”, which is a mixture of lights of various colours.

Noun

ótico m (plural óticos, feminine ótica, feminine plural óticas)

  1. Alternative form of óptico

Spanish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ὠτικός (ōtikós, pertaining to the ear), from οὖς (oûs, ear).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈotiko/, [ˈot̪iko]

Adjective

ótico (feminine singular ótica, masculine plural óticos, feminine plural óticas)

  1. (anatomy) otic (related to the ear)

Further reading

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