ótico

See also: otico, and otico-

Portuguese

FWOTD – 4 January 2016

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɔ.t͡ʃi.ku/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɔ.t͡ʃi.ku/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɔ.t͡ʃi.ko/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈɔ.ti.ku/

• Rhymes: -ɔtiku, -ɔt͡ʃiku
• Hyphenation: ó‧ti‧co

Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ὠτικός (ōtikós, “pertaining to the ear”), from οὖς (oûs, “ear”).

Adjective

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

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

1. European Portuguese standard spelling 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. European Portuguese standard spelling of óptico.

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ὠτικός (ōtikós, “pertaining to the ear”), from οὖς (oûs, “ear”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈotiko/ [ˈo.t̪i.ko]
• Rhymes: -otiko
• Syllabification: ó‧ti‧co

Adjective

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

1. (anatomy, relational) ear; otic

Further reading

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