fórceps
التعريفات والمعاني
== Portuguese ==
=== Etymology ===
Learned borrowing from Latin forceps.
=== Pronunciation ===
Hyphenation: fór‧ceps
=== Noun ===
fórceps m (invariable)
forceps (instrument used in surgery to grasp objects)
Synonym: fórcipe
=== Further reading ===
“fórceps”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
“fórceps”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
== Spanish ==
=== Etymology ===
From Latin forceps.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈfoɾθebs/ [ˈfoɾ.θeβ̞s] (Spain)
IPA(key): /ˈfoɾsebs/ [ˈfoɾ.seβ̞s] (Latin America, Philippines)
Rhymes: -oɾθebs (Spain)
Rhymes: -oɾsebs (Latin America, Philippines)
Syllabification: fór‧ceps
=== Noun ===
fórceps m (plural fórceps)
forceps
=== Further reading ===
“fórceps”, 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