eucalipto

Galician

Alternative forms

• olcalitro

Noun

eucalipto m (plural eucaliptos)

1. eucalyptus

Italian

Noun

eucalipto m (plural eucalipti)

1. eucalyptus

Anagrams

• copuliate

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• eucalypto (obsolete)
• calípio (Caipira, nonstandard)

Etymology

From the New Latin genus name Eucalyptus or French eucalyptus, named by French botanist Charles Louis L'Héritier de Brutelle in the 18th century after Ancient Greek εὖ (eû, “well”) + καλυπτός (kaluptós, “covered”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ew.kaˈlip.tu/ [eʊ̯.kaˈlip.tu], /ew.kaˈli.pi.tu/ [eʊ̯.kaˈli.pi.tu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ew.kaˈlip.tu/ [eʊ̯.kaˈlip.tu], /ew.kaˈli.pi.tu/ [eʊ̯.kaˈli.pi.tu]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ew.kaˈlip.to/ [eʊ̯.kaˈlip.to]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ew.kɐˈli.ptu/

• Hyphenation: eu‧ca‧lip‧to

Noun

eucalipto m (plural eucaliptos)

1. eucalyptus (any tree of the genus Eucalyptus)

Related terms

• eucaliptal
• eucaliptol

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin Eucalyptus, from Ancient Greek εὖ (eû, “well”) + καλυπτός (kaluptós, “covered”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eukaˈlibto/ [eu̯.kaˈliβ̞.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -ibto
• Syllabification: eu‧ca‧lip‧to

Noun

eucalipto m (plural eucaliptos)

1. eucalyptus

Derived terms

• eucaliptal m
• eucalipto robusto
• eucalipto rosado

 

Further reading

• “eucalipto”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014