bastonete

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Provençal bastonet.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /bas.toˈne.t͡ʃi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /bas.toˈne.t͡ʃi/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /baʃ.toˈne.t͡ʃi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /bas.toˈne.te/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /bɐʃ.tuˈne.tɨ/

• Rhymes: -et͡ʃi, -etɨ
• Hyphenation: bas‧to‧ne‧te

Noun

bastonete m (plural bastonetes)

1. short baton
2. (anatomy, biology, physiology) rod cell (small rod-shaped microorganism)

Coordinate terms

• cone

Further reading

• “bastonete”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “bastonete”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026