cataclismo

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Galician

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin cataclysmus, from Ancient Greek κατακλυσμός (kataklusmós, “deluge, flood, inundation”), from κατά (katá, “down”) + κλύζω (klúzō, “to wash off, to wash away”) (from Proto-Indo-European *ḱlew- (“clean”)).

Noun

cataclismo m (plural cataclismos)

  1. cataclysm

Further reading

Italian

Adjective

cataclismo (feminine cataclisma, masculine plural cataclismi, feminine plural cataclisme)

  1. cataclysmic

Further reading

  • cataclismo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

  • Hyphenation: ca‧ta‧clis‧mo

Noun

cataclismo m (plural cataclismos)

  1. Alternative form of cataclisma

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cataclysmus, from Ancient Greek κατακλυσμός (kataklusmós, “deluge, flood, inundation”), from κατά (katá, “down”) + κλύζω (klúzō, “to wash off, to wash away”) (from Proto-Indo-European *ḱlew- (“clean”)).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kataˈklismo/
  • Rhymes: -ismo
  • Syllabification: ca‧ta‧clis‧mo

Noun

cataclismo m (plural cataclismos)

  1. cataclysm

Further reading

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