clematite

See also: clématite

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin clēmatidem (by confusion with Latin nouns in -tis with stems in -tit-), from Ancient Greek κληματίς (klēmatís), from κλῆμα (klêma, “vine, branch with vines”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kle.maˈt͡ʃi.t͡ʃi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kle.maˈt͡ʃi.t͡ʃi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /kle.maˈt͡ʃi.te/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /klɨ.mɐˈti.tɨ/

• Hyphenation: cle‧ma‧ti‧te

Noun

clematite f (plural clematites)

1. (botany) clematis (any of the flowering lianas of the genus Clematis)

Further reading

• “clematite”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “clematite”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025