cataclismo

Galician

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin cataclysmus, from Ancient Greek κατακλυσμός (kataklusmós, “deluge, flood, inundation”), from κατά (katá, “down”) + κλύζω (klúzō, “to wash off, to wash away”) (from Proto-Indo-European *ḱlew- (“clean”)).

Noun

cataclismo m (plural cataclismos)

1. cataclysm

Further reading

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

Italian

Adjective

cataclismo (feminine cataclisma, masculine plural cataclismi, feminine plural cataclisme)

1. cataclysmic

Related terms

• cataclisma

Further reading

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

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ka.taˈkliz.mu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ka.taˈkliz.mu/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ka.taˈkliʒ.mu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ka.taˈkliz.mo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐ.tɐˈkliʒ.mu/

• Hyphenation: ca‧ta‧clis‧mo

Noun

cataclismo m (plural cataclismos)

1. Alternative form of cataclisma

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cataclysmus, from Ancient Greek κατακλυσμός (kataklusmós, “deluge, flood, inundation”), from κατά (katá, “down”) + κλύζω (klúzō, “to wash off, to wash away”) (from Proto-Indo-European *ḱlew- (“clean”)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kataˈklismo/ [ka.t̪aˈkliz.mo]
• Rhymes: -ismo
• Syllabification: ca‧ta‧clis‧mo

Noun

cataclismo m (plural cataclismos)

1. cataclysm

Further reading

• “cataclismo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28