metacarpo

Galician

Noun

metacarpo m (plural metacarpos)

1. (anatomy) metacarpus (entire central hand)
2. (anatomy) metacarpal (any bone of the palm)

Related terms

• carpo

Italian

Etymology

From meta- +‎ carpo.

Noun

metacarpo m (plural metacarpi)

1. (anatomy) metacarpus

Related terms

• carpo
• metacarpale

Anagrams

• comparate, comperata

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌmɛ.taˈkaʁ.pu/ [ˌmɛ.taˈkah.pu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌmɛ.taˈkaʁ.pu/ [ˌmɛ.taˈkah.pu]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ˌmɛ.taˈkaɾ.pu/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˌmɛ.taˈkaʁ.pu/ [ˌmɛ.taˈkaχ.pu]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /ˌmɛ.taˈkaɻ.pu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌmɛ.tɐˈkaɾ.pu/

Noun

metacarpo m (plural metacarpos)

1. (anatomy) metacarpus

Meronyms

• metacarpal

Related terms

• carpo

Further reading

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

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *me

Proto-Indo-European *meth₂?

Ancient Greek μετά (metá)bor.

Spanish meta-

Spanish carpo

Spanish metacarpo

From meta- + carpo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /metaˈkaɾpo/ [me.t̪aˈkaɾ.po]
• Rhymes: -aɾpo
• Syllabification: me‧ta‧car‧po

Noun

metacarpo m (plural metacarpos)

1. (anatomy) metacarpus

Related terms

• carpo
• carpometacarpiano
• metacarpiano
• metacarpofalángico

Further reading

• “metacarpo”, 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