altisonante

Italian

Etymology

From Latin altisonus, reshaped according to the present participle sonante (“sounding”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /al.ti.soˈnan.te/
• Rhymes: -ante
• Hyphenation: al‧ti‧so‧nàn‧te

Adjective

altisonante (plural altisonanti)

1. high-sounding

   Synonym: (archaic) altisono

2. (by extension, derogatory) pompous

Further reading

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

Spanish

Etymology

From alto +‎ sonante.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /altisoˈnante/ [al̪.t̪i.soˈnãn̪.t̪e]
• Rhymes: -ante
• Syllabification: al‧ti‧so‧nan‧te

Adjective

altisonante m or f (masculine and feminine plural altisonantes)

1. high-sounding
2. pompous

   Synonym: pomposo

Derived terms

• altisonancia

 

Further reading

• “altisonante”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10