sigmatismo
Italian
Alternative forms
Etymology
From sigma, on the model of deltacismo, iotacismo, etc.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /siɡ.maˈtiz.mo/
- Rhymes: -izmo
- Hyphenation: sig‧ma‧tì‧smo
Noun
sigmatismo m (plural sigmatismi)
Related terms
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /siɡ.maˈt͡ʃiz.mu/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /siɡ.maˈt͡ʃiʒ.mu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /siɡ.maˈt͡ʃiz.mo/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /si.ɡmɐˈtiʒ.mu/ [si.ɣmɐˈtiʒ.mu]
Noun
sigmatismo m (plural sigmatismos)
- lisp; sigmatism (speech impediment in which a person cannot articulate sibilants)
- (literature, poetry) excessive repetition of sibilants
Further reading
- “sigmatismo”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “sigmatismo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026