acícula

See also: acicula

Catalan

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin acicula (“hairpin”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [əˈsi.ku.lə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [aˈsi.ku.la]

Noun

acícula f (plural acícules)

1. (botany) needle (long, pointed leaf found on some conifers)
2. (zoology) aciculum (internal chaeta of annelids)
3. (mineralogy) a slender tapering needle characteristic of an acicular crystal habitat

Related terms

• acicular
• aciculat

Further reading

• “acícula”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈsi.ku.lɐ/

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

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐˈsi.ku.lɐ/

• Rhymes: -ikulɐ
• Hyphenation: a‧cí‧cu‧la

Noun

acícula f (plural acículas)

1. acicula (needle-like spine of some animals and plants)

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /aˈθikula/ [aˈθi.ku.la]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /aˈsikula/ [aˈsi.ku.la]
• Rhymes: -ikula
• Syllabification: a‧cí‧cu‧la

Noun

acícula f (plural acículas)

1. (botany) needle (long, pointed leaf found on some conifers)