ónix

See also: ônix

Galician

Noun

ónix m (uncountable)

onyx

Portuguese

Alternative forms

ônix (Brazil)
onyx (obsolete)

Etymology

From Latin onyx, from Ancient Greek ὄνυξ (ónux, “claw; onyx”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃nogʰ-.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈo.niks/
(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈɔ.nikʃ/
Hyphenation: ó‧nix

Noun

ónix m (plural ónix) (European orthography)

onyx (a banded variety of chalcedony)

Hypernyms

calcedónia

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin onyx, from Ancient Greek ὄνυξ (ónux).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈoniks/

Noun

ónix m, f (uncountable)

onyx

Alternative forms

ónice

Further reading

“ónix” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

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