vértice

See also: vertice

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin verticem. Doublet of vórtex and vórtice.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈvɛʁ.t͡ʃi.si/ [ˈvɛh.t͡ʃi.si]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈvɛʁ.t͡ʃi.si/ [ˈvɛh.t͡ʃi.si]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ˈvɛɾ.t͡ʃi.si/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈvɛʁ.t͡ʃi.si/ [ˈvɛχ.t͡ʃi.si]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈvɛɻ.t͡ʃi.se/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈvɛɾ.ti.sɨ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈvɛɾ.ti.sɨ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈbɛɾ.ti.sɨ/

• Rhymes: -ɛʁt͡ʃisi, -ɛɾtisɨ
• Hyphenation: vér‧ti‧ce

Noun

vértice m (plural vértices)

1. apex, peak, pinnacle
2. (anatomy) vertex (highest point of the cranial vault)
3. (geometry) vertex (common origin of the rays that form an angle)
4. (geometry) vertex (point of convergence of three or more edges in a polyhedron, or of the generators in a cone)
5. (geometry) vertex (discordant junction of two arches)
6. (geometry) vertex (each of the points on a curve where the curvature is maximum or minimum)
7. (geometry) vertex (point of a polygonal line or of a polyhedron that is the intersection, respectively, of sides or edges)
8. (figuratively) eminence (supreme degree or dignity)

Further reading

• “vértice”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
• “vértice”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin vertex. Doublet of vórtice.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /ˈbeɾtiθe/ [ˈbeɾ.t̪i.θe]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /ˈbeɾtise/ [ˈbeɾ.t̪i.se]

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• Rhymes: -eɾtiθe
• Rhymes: -eɾtise
• Syllabification: vér‧ti‧ce

Noun

vértice m (plural vértices)

1. (anatomy, geometry) vertex

Related terms

• vertical
• verticilo

 

Further reading

• “vértice”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16