hipocausto
Portuguese
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin hypocaustum, from Ancient Greek ὑπόκαυστον (hupókauston), from ὑπό (hupó, “underneath”) + καίειν (kaíein, “to light a fire, burn”).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /i.poˈkaws.tu/ [i.poˈkaʊ̯s.tu]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /i.poˈkawʃ.tu/ [i.poˈkaʊ̯ʃ.tu]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /i.poˈkaws.to/ [i.poˈkaʊ̯s.to]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /i.puˈkawʃ.tu/
- Hyphenation: hi‧po‧caus‧to
Noun
hipocausto m (plural hipocaustos)
- (historical) hypocaust
Further reading
- “hipocausto”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin hypocaustum, from Ancient Greek ὑπόκαυστον (hupókauston), from Ancient Greek ὑπό (hupó, “underneath”) + καίειν (kaíein, “to light a fire, burn”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ipoˈkausto/ [i.poˈkau̯s.t̪o]
- Rhymes: -austo
- Syllabification: hi‧po‧caus‧to
Noun
hipocausto m (plural hipocaustos)
Further reading
- “hipocausto”, 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