análogo

See also: analogo and analōgõ

Galician

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin analogus, from Ancient Greek ἀνάλογος (análogos, “proportionate”), from ἀνά (aná, “up to”) + λόγος (lógos, “ratio”).

Adjective

análogo (feminine análoga, masculine plural análogos, feminine plural análogas)

1. analogous

Related terms

• analoxía
• analóxico

Further reading

• “análogo”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin analogus, from Ancient Greek ἀνάλογος (análogos, “proportionate”), from ἀνά (aná, “up to”) + λόγος (lógos, “ratio”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈna.lo.ɡu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈna.lo.ɡu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈna.lo.ɡo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐˈna.lu.ɡu/ [ɐˈna.lu.ɣu]

• (Northeast Brazil) IPA^(key): [a.ˈnaː.lɔ.ɡu]
• Hyphenation: a‧ná‧lo‧go

Noun

análogo m (plural análogos)

1. analogue (something that bears an analogy)

   Synonym: analogismo

Adjective

análogo (feminine análoga, masculine plural análogos, feminine plural análogas)

1. analogous (bearing an analogy)

Related terms

• analogia
• analógico

Further reading

• “análogo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin analogus (“analogous, proportionate”), from Ancient Greek ἀνάλογος (análogos, “proportionate”), from ἀνά (aná, “on, upon”) + λόγος (lógos, “computation, reckoning”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈnaloɡo/ [aˈna.lo.ɣ̞o]
• Rhymes: -aloɡo
• Syllabification: a‧ná‧lo‧go

Adjective

análogo (feminine análoga, masculine plural análogos, feminine plural análogas)

1. analogous

Related terms

• analogía
• analógico

 

Further reading

• “análogo”, 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