insecto

== Galician == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /inˈsɛkto/ [inˈs̺ɛk.t̪ʊ] Rhymes: -ɛkto Hyphenation: in‧sec‧to === Noun === insecto m (plural insectos) insect == Latin == === Participle === īnsectō dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of īnsectus === References === “insecto”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press "insecto", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “insecto”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. insecto in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016 == Portuguese == === Noun === insecto m (plural insectos) pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1990 in Portugal) of inseto; still used where the agreement hasn’t come into effect and may occur as a sporadic misspelling === Further reading === “insecto”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Romanian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [inˈsekto] === Noun === insecto f vocative singular of insectă == Spanish == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin īnsecta (“insects”) (attested in Pliny only in the plural), a calque of ἔντομα (éntoma, “insects”, literally “dissected”), from their segmented bodies, from εν- (en-) + τόμος (tómos, “slice”); calqued based on īnsectus (“notched, dissected”), perfect passive participle of īnsecō. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /inˈseɡto/ [ĩnˈseɣ̞.t̪o] Rhymes: -eɡto Syllabification: in‧sec‧to === Noun === insecto m (plural insectos) insect ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== See also ==== === Further reading === “insecto”, 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