cartilagem

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin cartilāgine-.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaʁ.t͡ʃiˈla.ʒẽj̃/ [kah.t͡ʃiˈla.ʒẽɪ̯̃]
- (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /kaɾ.t͡ʃiˈla.ʒẽj̃/ [kaɾ.t͡ʃiˈla.ʒẽɪ̯̃]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /kaʁ.t͡ʃiˈla.ʒẽj̃/ [kaχ.t͡ʃiˈla.ʒẽɪ̯̃]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaɻ.t͡ʃiˈla.ʒẽj̃/ [kaɻ.t͡ʃiˈla.ʒẽɪ̯̃]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐɾ.tiˈla.ʒɐ̃j̃/

Rhymes: -aʒẽj̃, -aʒɐ̃j̃
Hyphenation: car‧ti‧la‧gem

Noun

cartilagem f (plural cartilagens)

(anatomy) cartilage (elastic and resistant tissue that is found at the ends of bones and can make up the skeleton of certain animals)

Related terms

adjectives

Further reading

“cartilagem”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
“cartilagem”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

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