criptoleto

Portuguese

Etymology

From cripto- +‎ -leto.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /kɾip.toˈlɛ.tu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /kɾip.toˈlɛ.to/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɾi.ptuˈlɛ.tu/

Rhymes: -ɛtu

Noun

criptoleto m (plural criptoletos)

(linguistics) cryptolect (secretive language form used by a subculture)

Derived terms

criptoletal

Further reading

“criptoleto”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026