folículo

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin folliculus. Doublet of folhelho.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /foˈli.ku.lu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /foˈli.ku.lo/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /fuˈli.ku.lu/

Rhymes: -ikulu
Hyphenation: fo‧lí‧cu‧lo

Noun

folículo m (plural folículos)

(anatomy) follicle (small cavity or sac)
(botany) follicle (type of primitive dry fruit)

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin folliculus. Doublet of hollejo, which was inherited.

Noun

folículo m (plural folículos)

(anatomy, botany) follicle

Derived terms

folículo ovárico

Related terms

See also

folículo on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^es

Further reading

“folículo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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