diácope

See also: diacope

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek διακοπή (diakopḗ, “gash, cleft, rupture”), from διά (diá, “through, across”) + κοπή (kopḗ, “cutting”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒiˈa.ko.pi/ [d͡ʒɪˈa.ko.pi], (faster pronunciation) /ˈd͡ʒja.ko.pi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒiˈa.ko.pi/ [d͡ʒɪˈa.ko.pi], (faster pronunciation) /ˈd͡ʒja.ko.pi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒiˈa.ko.pe/ [d͡ʒɪˈa.ko.pe], (faster pronunciation) /ˈd͡ʒja.ko.pe/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /diˈa.ku.pɨ/, (faster pronunciation) /ˈdja.ku.pɨ/

Noun

diácope f (plural diácopes)

1. (prosody) diacope, tmesis (insertion of one or more words between the components of a compound word)

   Synonym: tmese

Further reading

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