vogal temática
Portuguese
Noun
vogal temática f (plural vogais temáticas)
- (Portuguese grammar) the first vowel of a suffix, such as a and i in -ado and -ido respectively
- (Indo-European studies) thematic vowel (the vowel *e or *o before a suffix in Proto-Indo-European)
Further reading
- “vogal temática”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026