cirílico

Portuguese

Etymology

From Cirilo +‎ -ico after Saint Cyril, creator of the Glagolitic alphabet.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /siˈɾi.li.ku/

• Rhymes: -iliku

Noun

cirílico m (uncountable)

1. Cyrillic (a script or alphabet)

Related terms

• cirilização
• cirilizar

Adjective

cirílico (feminine cirílica, masculine plural cirílicos, feminine plural cirílicas, not comparable)

1. Cyrillic

Further reading

• “cirílico”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
• “cirílico”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025

Spanish

Etymology

From Cirilo +‎ -ico after Saint Cyril, creator of the Glagolitic alphabet.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /θiˈɾiliko/ [θiˈɾi.li.ko]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /siˈɾiliko/ [siˈɾi.li.ko]
• Rhymes: -iliko
• Syllabification: ci‧rí‧li‧co

Adjective

cirílico (feminine cirílica, masculine plural cirílicos, feminine plural cirílicas)

1. Cyrillic

Derived terms

• alfabeto cirílico

Further reading

• “cirílico”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10