comptagotes
Catalan
Etymology
Verb-object compound, composed of compta (“to count”) + gotes (“drops”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˌkom.təˈɣo.təs]
- IPA(key): (Valencia) [ˌkom.taˈɣo.tes]
Audio (Catalonia): (file)
Noun
comptagotes m (invariable)
- dropper (utensil for dispensing a single drop of liquid at a time)
- Synonym: pipeta Pasteur
Derived terms
Further reading
- “comptagotes” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
- “comptagotes”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
- “comptagotes”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007