epíteto

See also: epiteto

Galician

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛˈpiteto/ [ɛˈpi.t̪e.t̪ʊ]
• Rhymes: -iteto
• Hyphenation: e‧pí‧teto

Noun

epíteto m (plural epítetos)

1. epithet

Further reading

• “epíteto”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin epitheton, from Ancient Greek ἐπίθετον (epítheton), neuter form of ἐπίθετος (epíthetos, “added”), from ἐπιτίθημι (epitíthēmi, “to add on”), from ἐπί (epí, “upon”) + τίθημι (títhēmi, “to put, to place”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /eˈpi.te.tu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /eˈpi.te.tu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /eˈpi.te.to/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /iˈpi.tɨ.tu/, /ɛˈpi.tɨ.tu/

• Rhymes: (Portigal) -itɨtu, (most of Brazil) -itetu, (Southern Brazil) -iteto
• Hyphenation: e‧pí‧te‧to

Noun

epíteto m (plural epítetos)

1. (grammar) epithet
2. (rhetoric) epithet

Further reading

• “epíteto”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “epíteto”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2025
• “epíteto” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “epíteto”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “epíteto”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
• “epíteto”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin epitheton, from Ancient Greek ἐπίθετον (epítheton), neuter form of ἐπίθετος (epíthetos, “added”), from ἐπιτίθημι (epitíthēmi, “to add on”), from ἐπί (epí, “upon”) + τίθημι (títhēmi, “to put, to place”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eˈpiteto/ [eˈpi.t̪e.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -iteto
• Syllabification: e‧pí‧te‧to

Noun

epíteto m (plural epítetos)

1. (grammar) epithet

   Synonym: calificativo

2. (rhetoric) epithet

Further reading

• “epíteto”, 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