acanto

From Latin acanthus, from Ancient Greek ἄκανθος (ákanthos).

• IPA^(key): /aˈkan.to/
  • Rhymes: -anto
  • Hyphenation: a‧càn‧to
• (proscribed) IPA^(key): /ˈa.kan.to/^[1]

acanto m (plural acanti)

1. acanthus (Acanthus mollis)

• acanto in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

• canato, tonaca

Borrowed from Latin acanthus, from Ancient Greek ἄκανθος (ákanthos).

• Hyphenation: a‧can‧to

acanto m (plural acantos)

1. acanthus (any of the genus Acanthus of prickly herbaceous plants)

• “acanto”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Borrowed from Latin acanthus, from Ancient Greek ἄκανθος (ákanthos).

• IPA^(key): /aˈkanto/ [aˈkãn̪.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -anto
• Syllabification: a‧can‧to

acanto m (plural acantos)

1. acanthus (plant)
2. (architecture) acanthus

• “acanto”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024