acetábulo

acetábulo m (plural acetábulos)

1. (anatomy) acetabulum (bony cup that receives the head of the thigh bone)

From Latin acētābulum, the anatomical meaning being a calque of Ancient Greek κοτύλη (kotúlē).[1]

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /aθeˈtabulo/ [a.θeˈt̪a.β̞u.lo]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /aseˈtabulo/ [a.seˈt̪a.β̞u.lo]
• Rhymes: -abulo
• Syllabification: a‧ce‧tá‧bu‧lo

acetábulo m (plural acetábulos)

1. (obsolete) vinegar cup
2. (anatomy) acetabulum

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