teto

Meaning

  1. (masculine) ceiling (upper surface of room)
  2. (masculine) ceiling (upper limit of a value)

Frequency

C1
Hyphenated as
te‧to
Gender
♂️ Masculine
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈtɛ.tu/
Etymology

Semi-learned borrowing from Latin tēctum. Displaced Old Galician-Portuguese teito. Cognate of French toit, Galician teito, Italian tetto and Spanish techo.

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