electromagnetismo
Portuguese
Etymology
From electro- + magnetismo. Compare French électromagnétisme.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /eˌlɛ.tɾo.ma.ɡi.neˈt͡ʃiz.mu/, /eˌlɛ.tɾo.maɡ.neˈt͡ʃiz.mu/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /eˌlɛ.tɾo.ma.ɡi.neˈt͡ʃiʒ.mu/, /eˌlɛ.tɾo.maɡ.neˈt͡ʃiʒ.mu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /eˌlɛ.tɾo.maɡ.neˈt͡ʃiz.mo/, /eˌlɛ.tɾo.ma.ɡi.neˈt͡ʃiz.mo/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /iˌlɛ.tɾɔ.ma.ɡnɨˈtiʒ.mu/ [iˌlɛ.tɾɔ.ma.ɣnɨˈtiʒ.mu]
- Hyphenation: e‧lec‧tro‧mag‧ne‧tis‧mo
Noun
electromagnetismo m (plural electromagnetismos)
- pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1990 in Portugal) of eletromagnetismo; still used where the agreement hasn’t come into effect and may occur as a sporadic misspelling
Further reading
- “electromagnetismo”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “electromagnetismo”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa sem Acordo (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
- “electromagnetismo”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
- “electromagnetismo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
Spanish
Noun
electromagnetismo m (plural electromagnetismos)
- (physics) electromagnetism (fundamental interaction)
Further reading
- “electromagnetismo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025