homúnculo

See also: homunculo

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin homunculus.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /oˈmũ.ku.lu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /oˈmũ.ku.lo/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɔˈmũ.ku.lu/

Noun

homúnculo m (plural homúnculos)

Diminutive of homem
(alchemy) homunculus (miniature of a person believed to reside inside sperm)

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin homunculus.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /oˈmunkulo/ [oˈmũŋ.ku.lo]
Rhymes: -unkulo
Syllabification: ho‧mún‧cu‧lo

Noun

homúnculo m (plural homúnculos)

homunculus

Further reading

“homúnculo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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