dendrita

Italian

Noun

dendrita m (plural dendriti)

1. dendrite (hermit who lived in a tree)

See also

• dendrite

Anagrams

• addentri

Portuguese

Etymology 1

Noun

dendrita m (plural dendritas)

1. (historical) dendrite (hermit who lives inside a tree)

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

• dendrite (Portugal)

Noun

dendrita f (plural dendritas) (Brazilian Portuguese spelling)

1. (rare) alternative form of dendrito

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *dóruredup.

Proto-Indo-European *der-drew-om?

Ancient Greek δένδρον (déndron)

Proto-Indo-European *-tósder.

Ancient Greek -της (-tēs)der.

Ancient Greek -ίτης (-ítēs)

Ancient Greek δενδρίτης (dendrítēs)der.

Spanish dendrita

Derived from Ancient Greek δενδρίτης (dendrítēs).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /denˈdɾita/ [d̪ẽn̪ˈd̪ɾi.t̪a]
• Rhymes: -ita
• Syllabification: den‧dri‧ta

Noun

dendrita f (plural dendritas)

1. dendrite (nerve cell structure)
2. dendrite (crystallized metal)
3. a fossilized tree
4. a collection of minerals formed in tree branches that grow into rock fissures

Further reading

• “dendrita”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025