arquétipo

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See also: arquetipo

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin archetypum.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /aʁˈkɛ.t͡ʃi.pu/
- (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /aɾˈkɛ.t͡ʃi.pu/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /aʁˈkɛ.t͡ʃi.pu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /aɻˈkɛ.t͡ʃi.po/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐɾˈkɛ.ti.pu/

Hyphenation: ar‧qué‧ti‧po

Noun

arquétipo m (plural arquétipos)

archetype (original model of which all other similar persons, objects, or concepts are merely derivative)
(literature) archetype (person, story, concept, or object that is based on a known archetype)
archetype (ideal example of something; a quintessence)
(psychology) archetype (universal pattern of thought)

Derived terms

arquetípico

Further reading

“arquétipo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

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