transecto

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from English transect.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /tɾɐ̃ˈsɛk.tu/

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

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /tɾɐ̃ˈsɛ.ktu/

• Rhymes: -ɛktu
• Hyphenation: tran‧sec‧to

Noun

transecto m (plural transectos)

1. transect (path along which a researcher moves to count and record observations)

References

• “transecto”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
• “transecto”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025

Spanish

Noun

transecto m (plural transectos)

1. transect

Further reading

• “transecto”, 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