diácope

See also: diacope

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek διακοπή (diakopḗ, “gash, cleft, rupture”), from διά (diá, “through, across”) + κοπή (kopḗ, “cutting”).

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /d͡ʒiˈa.ko.pi/ [d͡ʒɪˈa.ko.pi], (faster pronunciation) /ˈd͡ʒja.ko.pi/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /d͡ʒiˈa.ko.pe/ [d͡ʒɪˈa.ko.pe], (faster pronunciation) /ˈd͡ʒja.ko.pe/
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /diˈa.ku.pɨ/, (faster pronunciation) /ˈdja.ku.pɨ/

Noun

diácope f (plural diácopes)

  1. (prosody) diacope, tmesis (insertion of one or more words between the components of a compound word)
    Synonym: tmese

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