arquipélago

Galician

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /aɾkiˈpɛlaɡo/ [aɾ.kiˈpɛ.lɑ.ɣ̞ʊ]

• IPA^(key): (standard) /aɾkiˈpɛlaɡo/ [aɾ.kiˈpɛ.lɑ.ɣ̞ʊ]
• IPA^(key): (gheada) /aɾkiˈpɛlaħo/ [aɾ.kiˈpɛ.lɑ.ħʊ]

 

• Rhymes: -ɛlaɡo

• (standard) Rhymes: -ɛlaɡo
• (gheada) Rhymes: -ɛlaħo

• Hyphenation: ar‧qui‧pé‧la‧go

Noun

arquipélago m (plural arquipélagos)

1. archipelago

Further reading

• “arquipélago”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, since 2012

Portuguese

arquipélago dos Açores

Alternative forms

• archipelago (obsolete)
• arcipelago (obsolete)
• arcipélago (archaic)

Etymology

From Italian arcipelago, Byzantine Greek ἀρχιπέλαγος (arkhipélagos), from Ancient Greek ἀρχι- (arkhi-, “main”) + πέλαγος (pélagos, “sea”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aʁ.kiˈpɛ.la.ɡu/ [ah.kiˈpɛ.la.ɡu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aʁ.kiˈpɛ.la.ɡu/ [ah.kiˈpɛ.la.ɡu]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /aɾ.kiˈpɛ.la.ɡu/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /aʁ.kiˈpɛ.la.ɡu/ [aχ.kiˈpɛ.la.ɡu]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /aɻ.kiˈpɛ.la.ɡo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐɾ.kiˈpɛ.lɐ.ɡu/ [ɐɾ.kiˈpɛ.lɐ.ɣu]

• Hyphenation: ar‧qui‧pé‧la‧go

Noun

arquipélago m (plural arquipélagos)

1. archipelago

Further reading

• “arquipélago” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913