timpânico

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin tympanicus.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃĩˈpɐ̃.ni.ku/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃĩˈpɐ̃.ni.ku/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃĩˈpɐ.ni.ko/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /tĩˈpɐ.ni.ku/

• Hyphenation: tim‧pâ‧ni‧co

Adjective

timpânico (feminine timpânica, masculine plural timpânicos, feminine plural timpânicas)

1. pertaining to eardrum or tympanism
2. (medicine) which is obtained by percussion of a part of the body and which resembles the sound produced by a drum
3. (anatomy) related to the eardrum

Synonyms

• timpanal

 

Further reading

• “timpânico” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.