estoma

See also: èstoma

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek στόμα (stóma).

Noun

estoma m (plural estomes)

1. (botany) stoma (tiny pore in the epidermis of a leaf)
2. (medicine) stoma (surgically constructed opening)

Further reading

• “estoma”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “estoma”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “estoma” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “estoma”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek στόμα (stóma).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /isˈtõ.mɐ/, /esˈtõ.mɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /isˈtõ.mɐ/, /esˈtõ.mɐ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /iʃˈtõ.mɐ/, /eʃˈtõ.mɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʃˈto.mɐ/

• Rhymes: -omɐ

Noun

estoma m (plural estomas)

1. (botany) stoma (tiny pore in the epidermis of a leaf)
2. (medicine) stoma (surgically constructed opening)

Further reading

• “estoma”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “estoma”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek στόμα (stóma).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /esˈtoma/ [esˈt̪o.ma]
• Rhymes: -oma
• Syllabification: es‧to‧ma

Noun

estoma m (plural estomas)

1. (botany) stoma
2. (medicine) stoma

Further reading

• “estoma”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025