arcaísmo

See also: arcaismo

Portuguese

Etymology

From New Latin archaismus, from Ancient Greek ἀρχαϊσμός (arkhaïsmós, “an antiquated phrase or style”), from ἀρχαίζω (arkhaízō, “to model one's style upon that of ancient writers”), from ἀρχαῖος (arkhaîos, “old, ancient”), from ἀρχή (arkhḗ, “beginning”), from ἄρχω (árkhō, “I begin”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ergʰ- (“to begin, rule, command”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aʁ.kaˈiz.mu/ [ah.kaˈiz.mu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aʁ.kaˈiz.mu/ [ah.kaˈiz.mu]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /aɾ.kaˈiz.mu/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /aʁ.kaˈiʒ.mu/ [aχ.kaˈiʒ.mu]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /aɻ.kaˈiz.mo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐɾ.kɐˈiʒ.mu/

• Rhymes: -izmu, -iʒmu
• Hyphenation: ar‧ca‧ís‧mo

Noun

arcaísmo m (plural arcaísmos)

1. archaism (an archaic word or expression)

Derived terms

• pseudo-arcaísmo

Related terms

• arcaico

Further reading

• “arcaísmo” in iDicionário Aulete.
• “arcaísmo” in Dicionário inFormal.
• “arcaísmo” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “arcaísmo” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2023.
• “arcaísmo” in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa.
• “arcaísmo” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin archaismus, from Ancient Greek ἀρχαϊσμός (arkhaïsmós, “an antiquated phrase or style”), from ἀρχαίζω (arkhaízō, “to model one's style upon that of ancient writers”), from ἀρχαῖος (arkhaîos, “old, ancient”), from ἀρχή (arkhḗ, “beginning”), from ἄρχω (árkhō, “to begin”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ergʰ- (“to begin, rule, command”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aɾkaˈismo/ [aɾ.kaˈiz.mo]
• Rhymes: -ismo
• Syllabification: ar‧ca‧ís‧mo

Noun

arcaísmo m (plural arcaísmos)

1. archaism (an archaic word or expression)

Related terms

• arcaico

 

Further reading

• “arcaísmo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014