palíndromo

See also: palindromo

Portuguese

Etymology

From Ancient Greek παλίνδρομος (palíndromos, “running back again”), from πάλιν (pálin, “back, again, back again”) + δρόμος (drómos, “running, race, racecourse”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /paˈlĩ.dɾo.mu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /paˈlĩ.dɾo.mu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /paˈlĩ.dɾo.mo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɐˈlĩ.dɾu.mu/

• Hyphenation: pa‧lín‧dro‧mo

Noun

palíndromo m (plural palíndromos)

1. palindrome

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek παλίνδρομος (palíndromos, “running back again”), from πάλιν (pálin, “back, again, back again”) + δρόμος (drómos, “running, race, racecourse”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paˈlindɾomo/ [paˈlĩn̪.d̪ɾo.mo]
• Rhymes: -indɾomo
• Syllabification: pa‧lín‧dro‧mo

Noun

palíndromo m (plural palíndromos)

1. palindrome

Further reading

• “palíndromo”, 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