percebe

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Galician[edit]

percebes

Etymology[edit]

From Medieval Latin pollicipēde, from Latin pollicis (thumb) + pedis (foot).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /peɾˈθeβe̝/, (western) /peɾˈseβe̝/

Noun[edit]

percebe m (plural percebes)

  1. (crustacean) gooseneck barnacle

Derived terms[edit]

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Portuguese[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

percebe (Pollicipes pollicipes)

From Medieval Latin pollicipedem, from Latin pollicem "thumb" + pēs, pedis "foot".

Pronunciation[edit]

 

  • Hyphenation: per‧ce‧be

Noun[edit]

percebe m (plural percebes)

  1. barnacle
    Synonym: craca

Etymology 2[edit]

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation[edit]

 

  • Hyphenation: per‧ce‧be

Verb[edit]

percebe

  1. inflection of perceber:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Spanish[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *pollicipedem, attested also in Medieval Latin. From Latin pollicem (thumb) + pēs (foot) (genitive singular pedis).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): (Spain) /peɾˈθebe/ [peɾˈθe.β̞e]
  • IPA(key): (Latin America) /peɾˈsebe/ [peɾˈse.β̞e]
  • Rhymes: -ebe
  • Syllabification: per‧ce‧be

Noun[edit]

percebe m (plural percebes)

  1. barnacle

Further reading[edit]