epíteto

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See also: epiteto

Galician

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɛˈpiteto/
  • Rhymes: -iteto
  • Hyphenation: e‧pí‧teto

Noun

epíteto m (plural epítetos)

  1. epithet

Further reading

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin epitheton, from Ancient Greek ἐπίθετον (epítheton), neuter form of ἐπίθετος (epíthetos, “added”), from ἐπιτίθημι (epitíthēmi, “to add on”), from ἐπί (epí, “upon”) + τίθημι (títhēmi, “to put, to place”).

Pronunciation

 

  • Rhymes: (Portigal) -itɨtu, (most of Brazil) -itetu, (Southern Brazil) -iteto
  • Hyphenation: e‧pí‧te‧to

Noun

epíteto m (plural epítetos)

  1. (grammar) epithet
  2. (rhetoric) epithet

Further reading

Spanish

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Etymology

Borrowed from Latin epitheton, from Ancient Greek ἐπίθετον (epítheton), neuter form of ἐπίθετος (epíthetos, “added”), from ἐπιτίθημι (epitíthēmi, “to add on”), from ἐπί (epí, “upon”) + τίθημι (títhēmi, “to put, to place”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /eˈpiteto/
  • Rhymes: -iteto
  • Syllabification: e‧pí‧te‧to

Noun

epíteto m (plural epítetos)

  1. (grammar) epithet
  2. (rhetoric) epithet

Further reading

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