cotonete
Portuguese
Etymology
Genericized trademark from Cotonetes (a Johnson & Johnson-associated trademark).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ko.toˈnɛ.t͡ʃi/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ko.toˈnɛ.te/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /kɔ.tɔˈnɛ.tɨ/
- Rhymes: (Brazil) -ɛt͡ʃi, (Portugal) -ɛtɨ
- Hyphenation: co‧to‧ne‧te
Noun
cotonete m or f (plural cotonetes)
Further reading
- “cotonete”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
- “cotonete”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
- “cotonete”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
- “cotonete”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
Spanish
Etymology
Genericized trademark from Cotonetes.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kotoˈnete/ [ko.t̪oˈne.t̪e]
- Rhymes: -ete
- Syllabification: co‧to‧ne‧te
Noun
cotonete m (plural cotonetes)
- (Ecuador, Mexico, Paraguay, Uruguay) cotton swab
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:hisopo
Further reading
- “cotonete”, 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