hippocampe

Meaning

1. (masculine) sea horse
2. (masculine) hippocampus

Concepts

hippocampus

sea horse

seahorse

Hippocampus

genus Hippocampus

hippocamp

Synonyms

cheval marin

hippocampus

corne d’ammon

h muet

corne d’Ammon

Translations

ippocampo

ιππόκαμπος

hipocampo

Seepferdchen

cavalluccio marino

caballito de mar

zeepaard

hipocamp

cavall marí

cavalo-marinho

hipocampo

Hippocampus

Pronounced as (IPA)

/i.pɔ.kɑ̃p/

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin: hippocampus

Borrowed from Ancient Greek: ἱππόκαμπος

In summary

Learned borrowing from Latin hippocampus, from Ancient Greek ἱππόκαμπος (hippókampos), from ἵππος (híppos, “horse”) + κάμπος (kámpos, “sea-monster”).