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Portuguese
Etymology
From Late Latin metempsychosis, from Koine Greek μετεμψύχωσις (metempsúkhōsis), from μετεμψυχόομαι (metempsukhóomai, “of a soul, to pass from one body to another”), from μετα- (meta-) + ἐν (en, “in”) + ψυχή (psukhḗ, “soul”).
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɔzi, -ɔzɨ
- Hyphenation: me‧temp‧si‧co‧se
Noun
metempsicose f (plural metempsicoses)
- metempsychosis (transmigration of the soul)
- Synonym: transmigração
Further reading
- “metempsicose”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2024
- “metempsicose”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2024
- “metempsicose” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
- “metempsicose”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
- “metempsicose”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024
- “metempsicose”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024