anástrofe

See also: anastrofe and anàstrofe

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἀναστροφή (anastrophḗ, “a turning back”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈnas.tɾo.fi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈnas.tɾo.fi/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /aˈnaʃ.tɾo.fi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈnas.tɾo.fe/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐˈnaʃ.tɾu.fɨ/

• Hyphenation: a‧nás‧tro‧fe

Noun

anástrofe f (plural anástrofes)

1. (prosody) anastrophe (unusual order of words)

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀναστροφή (anastrophḗ, “a turning back”), from ἀνά (aná, “on, up”) + στροφή (strophḗ, “turning, revolving”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈnastɾofe/ [aˈnas.t̪ɾo.fe]
• Rhymes: -astɾofe
• Syllabification: a‧nás‧tro‧fe

Noun

anástrofe f (plural anástrofes)

1. (rhetoric) anastrophe

See also

• hipérbato

Further reading

• “anástrofe”, 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