arquétipo

See also: arquetipo

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin archetypum.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aʁˈkɛ.t͡ʃi.pu/ [ahˈkɛ.t͡ʃi.pu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aʁˈkɛ.t͡ʃi.pu/ [ahˈkɛ.t͡ʃi.pu]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /aɾˈkɛ.t͡ʃi.pu/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /aʁˈkɛ.t͡ʃi.pu/ [aχˈkɛ.t͡ʃi.pu]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /aɻˈkɛ.t͡ʃi.po/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐɾˈkɛ.ti.pu/

• Hyphenation: ar‧qué‧ti‧po

Noun

arquétipo m (plural arquétipos)

1. archetype (original model of which all other similar persons, objects, or concepts are merely derivative)
2. (literature) archetype (person, story, concept, or object that is based on a known archetype)
3. archetype (ideal example of something; a quintessence)
4. (psychology) archetype (universal pattern of thought)

Derived terms

• arquetípico

Further reading

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