epizeuxe

Portuguese

Etymology

From modern Latin epizeuxis, from Ancient Greek ἐπίζευξις (epízeuxis, “a fastening upon”), from ἐπιζευγνύναι (epizeugnúnai), from ἐπί (epí, “upon”) + ζευγνύναι (zeugnúnai, “to yoke”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /e.piˈzewk.si/ [e.piˈzeʊ̯k.si]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /e.piˈzewk.si/ [e.piˈzeʊ̯k.si]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /e.piˈzewk.se/ [e.piˈzeʊ̯k.se]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /e.piˈzew.ksɨ/

Noun

epizeuxe f (plural epizeuxes)

1. (prosody) epizeuxis (emphatic repetition of words)