anticiclón

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent-

Proto-Indo-European *-s

Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts

Proto-Indo-European *-i

Proto-Indo-European *h₂énti

Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ντῐ́ (ăntĭ́)

Ancient Greek ἀντι- (anti-)bor.

Spanish anti-

Spanish ciclón

Spanish anticiclón

From anti- + ciclón.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /antiθiˈklon/ [ãn̪.t̪i.θiˈklõn] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /antisiˈklon/ [ãn̪.t̪i.siˈklõn] (Latin America, Philippines)

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• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: an‧ti‧ci‧clón

Noun

anticiclón m (plural anticiclones)

1. anticyclone

Derived terms

• anticiclónico

Further reading

• “anticiclón”, 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