anticlímax

See also: anticlimax and anti-climax

Portuguese

Etymology

From anti- +‎ clímax.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌɐ̃.t͡ʃiˈklĩ.maks/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌɐ̃.t͡ʃiˈklĩ.maks/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌɐ̃.t͡ʃiˈkli.maks/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌɐ̃.tiˈkli.maks/

Noun

anticlímax m (plural anticlímaxes or anticlímaces)

1. (narratology) anticlimax (break in the final climax)

Related terms

• anticlimático

Further reading

• “anticlímax”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “anticlímax”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

From anti- +‎ clímax.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /antiˈklimaɡs/ [ãn̪.t̪iˈkli.maɣ̞s]
• Rhymes: -imaɡs
• Syllabification: an‧ti‧clí‧max

Noun

anticlímax m (plural anticlímax)

1. anticlimax

Related terms

• anticlimático

Further reading

• “anticlímax”, 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