pelágico

From Latin pelagicus, from Ancient Greek πελαγικός (pelagikós).

• Rhymes: -aʒiku
• Hyphenation: pe‧lá‧gi‧co

pelágico (feminine pelágica, masculine plural pelágicos, feminine plural pelágicas)

1. pelagic (of or pertaining to oceans)

   Synonyms: marítimo, oceânico

2. (biology) pelagic (living in the open sea rather than in coastal or inland waters)

• “pelágico”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
• “pelágico”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
• “pelágico”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025

From Latin pelagicus, from Ancient Greek πελαγικός (pelagikós), from πέλαγος (pélagos, “sea”).

• IPA^(key): /peˈlaxiko/ [peˈla.xi.ko]
• Rhymes: -axiko
• Syllabification: pe‧lá‧gi‧co

pelágico (feminine pelágica, masculine plural pelágicos, feminine plural pelágicas)

1. pelagic (of or pertaining to oceans)

   Synonym: oceánico

2. (biology) pelagic (living in the open sea rather than in coastal or inland waters)

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