ápice

From Latin apex.

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ápice m (plural ápices)

1. apex, tip

   Synonym: punta

• “ápice”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024
• “ápice” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

Borrowed from Latin apex, apicem.

• Rhymes: -apisi, -apisɨ
• Hyphenation: á‧pi‧ce

ápice m (plural ápices)

1. ridge in point; apex
2. culmination; ridge; pinnacle; vertex
3. apex
   1. (astronomy) point on the celestial sphere towards which the Sun is directed
   2. (grammar) terminal part; tip
   3. (anatomy) end of an organ
   4. (anatomy) terminal part of the root of a tooth
   5. (grammar) umlaut
4. (figuratively) the highest degree of something
5. (figuratively) refinement
6. (figuratively) a minimal thing
7. (figuratively) moment, instant

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

• ápex

Borrowed from Latin apicem. Doublet of ápex.

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /ˈapiθe/ [ˈa.pi.θe]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /ˈapise/ [ˈa.pi.se]

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• Rhymes: -apiθe
• Rhymes: -apise
• Syllabification: á‧pi‧ce

ápice m (plural ápices)

1. apex, tip
2. (botany) apex
3. (figuratively) a very small bit; a small amount of something

• “ápice”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28