cetáceo

== Portuguese == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from taxonomic name Cetacea. === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -asju, (Brazil) -aseu Hyphenation: ce‧tá‧ce‧o === Adjective === cetáceo (feminine cetácea, masculine plural cetáceos, feminine plural cetáceas) cetacean; cetaceous (pertaining to the zoologic order Cetacea) === Noun === cetáceo m (plural cetáceos) cetacean (any animal belonging to the order Cetacea) === Further reading === “cetáceo”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “cetáceo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Etymology === From translingual Cetacea, from Latin cētus, from Ancient Greek κῆτος (kêtos, “whale, sea monster”), + translingual -acea, from Latin -ācea, neuter plural of -āceus (“resembling, -aceous”) (cognate with Spanish -áceo). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /θeˈtaθeo/ [θeˈt̪a.θe.o] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain) IPA(key): /seˈtaseo/ [seˈt̪a.se.o] (Latin America, Philippines) Rhymes: -aθeo (Equatorial Guinea, Spain) Rhymes: -aseo (Latin America, Philippines) Syllabification: ce‧tá‧ce‧o === Adjective === cetáceo (feminine cetácea, masculine plural cetáceos, feminine plural cetáceas) cetaceous === Noun === cetáceo m (plural cetáceos) cetacean === Further reading === “cetáceo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025