detrito

Italian

Etymology

From Latin dētrītus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /deˈtri.to/
• Rhymes: -ito
• Hyphenation: de‧trì‧to

Noun

detrito m (plural detriti)

1. detritus
2. silt, alluvium

Anagrams

• detorti, diottre, diretto, dirotte, dittero, redotti, ridetto, ridotte, tetrodi

Latin

Participle

dētrītō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of dētrītus

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin dētrītus.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /deˈtɾi.tu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /deˈtɾi.tu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /deˈtɾi.to/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨˈtɾi.tu/

• Hyphenation: de‧tri‧to

Noun

detrito m (plural detritos)

1. debris, detritus (residue of a substance that has become disorganized by friction or for any other reason)
2. debris, detritus (remainder of organic or inorganic substance that has decomposed)
3. (geology) debris, detritus (product of any erosion, in transport or deposited)

Further reading

• “detrito”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “detrito”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “detrito”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin dētrītus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /deˈtɾito/ [d̪eˈt̪ɾi.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -ito
• Syllabification: de‧tri‧to

Noun

detrito m (plural detritos)

1. debris, detritus

Further reading

• “detrito”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024