prosopopeia

English

Noun

prosopopeia (uncountable)

1. Alternative spelling of prosopopoeia.
   • 1647, John Trapp, Commentary on the Book of Isaiah:

     The mountains and the hills before you shall break forth into singing. The mute and brute creatures, as they seem to groan together with the faithful, {#Ro 8:21,22} so here, by a prosopopeia, they are brought in as congratulating and applauding their deliverance.

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• prosopopéia (pre-1990 spelling)

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pɾo.zo.poˈpɛj.ɐ/ [pɾo.zo.poˈpɛɪ̯.ɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pɾo.zo.poˈpɛj.ɐ/ [pɾo.zo.poˈpɛɪ̯.ɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /pɾo.zo.poˈpɛj.a/ [pɾo.zo.poˈpɛɪ̯.a]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɾu.zu.puˈpɐj.ɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɾu.zu.puˈpɐj.ɐ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɾu.zu.puˈpej.ɐ/
  • (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɾu.zu.puˈpej.ɐ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɾu.zu.puˈpe.ɐ/

• Hyphenation: pro‧so‧po‧pei‧a

Noun

prosopopeia f (plural prosopopeias)

1. prosopopoeia

   Synonym: personificação

Further reading

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