onicofagia

Italian

Etymology

From onico- +‎ -fagia.

Noun

onicofagia f (plural onicofagie)

1. (psychopathology) onychophagy, onychophagia

Portuguese

Etymology

From onico- +‎ -fagia.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /o.ni.ko.faˈʒi.ɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /o.ni.ko.faˈʒi.ɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /o.ni.ko.faˈʒi.a/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɔ.ni.ku.fɐˈʒi.ɐ/

• Hyphenation: o‧ni‧co‧fa‧gi‧a

Noun

onicofagia f (uncountable)

1. (psychopathology) onychophagia (compulsive biting of one’s nails)

Spanish

Noun

onicofagia f (uncountable)

1. onychophagia

Further reading

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