anticalcário

Portuguese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent-

Proto-Indo-European *-s

Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts

Proto-Indo-European *-i

Proto-Indo-European *h₂énti

Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ντῐ́ (ăntĭ́)

Ancient Greek ἀντι- (anti-)der.

Portuguese anti-

Portuguese calcário

Portuguese anticalcário

From anti- + calcário.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌɐ̃.t͡ʃi.kawˈka.ɾju/ [ˌɐ̃.t͡ʃi.kaʊ̯ˈka.ɾju]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌɐ̃.ti.kalˈka.ɾju/ [ˌɐ̃.ti.kaɫˈka.ɾju]

Adjective

anticalcário (invariable)

1. antiscale (countering or preventing scale (mineral deposit))

Further reading

• “anticalcário”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026