amonite

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from French ammonite, from Latin Ammōnis cornū (literally “horn of Ammon”), named by Pliny the Elder.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /a.moˈni.t͡ʃi/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /a.moˈni.te/

  • Hyphenation: a‧mo‧ni‧te

Noun

amonite f (plural amonites)

  1. (paleontology) ammonite (any of an extinct group of cephalopods of the subfamily Ammonoidea)

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /amoˈnite/ [a.moˈni.t̪e]
  • Rhymes: -ite
  • Syllabification: a‧mo‧ni‧te

Noun

amonite m (plural amonites)

  1. (paleontology) ammonite (extinct cephalopod)
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