percebe

See also: percebé

Galician

percebes

Etymology

From Medieval Latin pollicipēde, from Latin pollicis (“thumb”) + pedis (“foot”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /peɾˈθeβe̝/, (western) /peɾˈseβe̝/

Noun

percebe m (plural percebes)

1. (crustacean) gooseneck barnacle

Derived terms

• percebeiro
• percebella

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “percebe”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “percebe”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “percebe”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• perceve
• perceba

Etymology 1

percebe (Pollicipes pollicipes)

From Medieval Latin pollicipedem, from Latin pollicem "thumb" + pēs, pedis "foot".

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /peʁˈse.bi/ [pehˈse.bi]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /peʁˈse.bi/ [pehˈse.bi]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /peɾˈse.bi/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /peʁˈse.bi/ [peχˈse.bi]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /peɻˈse.be/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɨɾˈse.bɨ/ [pɨɾˈse.βɨ]

• Hyphenation: per‧ce‧be

Noun

percebe m (plural percebes)

1. barnacle

   Synonym: craca

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /peʁˈsɛ.bi/ [pehˈsɛ.bi]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /peʁˈsɛ.bi/ [pehˈsɛ.bi]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /peɾˈsɛ.bi/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /peʁˈsɛ.bi/ [peχˈsɛ.bi]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /peɻˈsɛ.be/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɨɾˈsɛ.bɨ/ [pɨɾˈsɛ.βɨ]

• Hyphenation: per‧ce‧be

Verb

percebe

1. inflection of perceber:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *pollicipedem, attested also in Medieval Latin. From Latin pollicem (“thumb”) + pēs (“foot”) (genitive singular pedis).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /peɾˈθebe/ [peɾˈθe.β̞e]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /peɾˈsebe/ [peɾˈse.β̞e]
• Rhymes: -ebe
• Syllabification: per‧ce‧be

Noun

percebe m (plural percebes)

1. barnacle

Further reading

• “percebe”, 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