milimétrico

Portuguese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Portuguese mili-

Proto-Indo-European *meh₁-

Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr

Proto-Indo-European *-trom

Proto-Hellenic *-tron

Ancient Greek -τρον (-tron)

Ancient Greek μέτρον (métron)lbor.

Portuguese -metro

Portuguese milímetro

Portuguese -ico

Portuguese milimétrico

From milímetro + -ico.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /mi.liˈmɛ.tɾi.ku/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mi.liˈmɛ.tɾi.ku/

• Rhymes: -ɛtɾiku
• Hyphenation: mi‧li‧mé‧tri‧co

Adjective

milimétrico (feminine milimétrica, masculine plural milimétricos, feminine plural milimétricas)

1. millimetric (relative to millimeter)
2. millimetric (divided into millimeters)
3. millimetric (said of paper lined in squares with a side of one millimeter)
4. (figuratively) millimetric (that is characterized by great precision)

Derived terms

• milimetricamente

Further reading

• “milimétrico”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “milimétrico”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2026
• “milimétrico”, in Dicionário Infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “milimétrico”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
• “milimétrico”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Spanish mili-

Proto-Indo-European *meh₁-

Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr

Proto-Indo-European *-trom

Proto-Hellenic *-tron

Ancient Greek -τρον (-tron)

Ancient Greek μέτρον (métron)lbor.

Spanish -metro

Spanish milímetro

Spanish -ico

Spanish milimétrico

From milímetro + -ico.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /miliˈmetɾiko/ [mi.liˈme.t̪ɾi.ko]
• Rhymes: -etɾiko
• Syllabification: mi‧li‧mé‧tri‧co

Adjective

milimétrico (feminine milimétrica, masculine plural milimétricos, feminine plural milimétricas)

1. millimetric

Further reading

• “milimétrico”, 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