odontoceto

Learned borrowing from translingual Odontoceti.

• IPA^(key): /o.don.toˈt͡ʃɛ.to/

odontoceto m (plural odontoceti)

1. toothed whale

Learned borrowing from translingual Odontoceti, From Ancient Greek ὀδόντος (odóntos, “teeth”) + κῆτος (kêtos, “whale”).

odontoceto m (plural odontocetos)

1. odontocete, toothed whale

odontoceto (feminine odontoceta, masculine plural odontocetos, feminine plural odontocetas)

1. of or relating to toothed whales

• “odontoceto”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
• “odontoceto”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Learned borrowing from translingual Odontoceti.

• IPA^(key): /odontoˈθeto/ [o.ð̞õn̪.t̪oˈθe.t̪o] (Spain)
• IPA^(key): /odontoˈseto/ [o.ð̞õn̪.t̪oˈse.t̪o] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -eto
• Syllabification: o‧don‧to‧ce‧to

odontoceto m (plural odontocetos)

1. toothed whale