fórceps

See also: forceps

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin forceps.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈfɔʁ.se.pis/ [ˈfɔh.se.pis], /ˈfɔʁ.seps/ [ˈfɔh.seps]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈfɔʁ.se.pis/ [ˈfɔh.se.pis], /ˈfɔʁ.seps/ [ˈfɔh.seps]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ˈfɔɾ.se.pis/, /ˈfɔɾ.seps/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈfɔʁ.se.piʃ/ [ˈfɔχ.se.piʃ], /ˈfɔʁ.sepʃ/ [ˈfɔχ.sepʃ]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /ˈfɔɻ.se.pis/, /ˈfɔɻ.seps/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈfɔʁ.seps/ [ˈfɔh.seps], /ˈfɔʁ.se.pis/ [ˈfɔh.se.pis]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈfɔɾ.sɨpʃ/

• Hyphenation: fór‧ceps

Noun

fórceps m (invariable)

1. forceps (instrument used in surgery to grasp objects)

   Synonym: fórcipe

Further reading

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

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin forceps.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfoɾθebs/ [ˈfoɾ.θeβ̞s] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /ˈfoɾsebs/ [ˈfoɾ.seβ̞s] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -oɾθebs (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• Rhymes: -oɾsebs (Latin America, Philippines)
• Syllabification: fór‧ceps

Noun

fórceps m (plural fórceps)

1. forceps

Further reading

• “fórceps”, 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