sintético

See also: sintetico

Portuguese

Etymology

From Ancient Greek συνθετικός (sunthetikós).

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /sĩˈtɛ.t͡ʃi.ku/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /sĩˈtɛ.ti.ku/

• Hyphenation: sin‧té‧ti‧co

Adjective

sintético (feminine sintética, masculine plural sintéticos, feminine plural sintéticas)

1. synthetic

Derived terms

• fotossintético (“photosynthetic”, adjective)

Further reading

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

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ḱe?

Proto-Indo-European *ḱómder.?

Proto-Indo-European *sem-der.?

Proto-Hellenic *ksún

Ancient Greek σύν (sún)

Ancient Greek συν- (sun-)

Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-

Proto-Indo-European *dʰédʰeh₁ti

Ancient Greek τίθημι (títhēmi)

Ancient Greek σῠντῐ́θημῐ (sŭntĭ́thēmĭ)

Proto-Indo-European *-tis

Proto-Hellenic *-tis

Ancient Greek -τις (-tis)

Ancient Greek -σῐς (-sĭs)

Ancient Greek σύνθεσις (súnthesis)

Proto-Indo-European *-kos

Proto-Hellenic *-kos

Ancient Greek -κός (-kós)

Ancient Greek -ῐκός (-ĭkós)

Ancient Greek συνθετικός (sunthetikós)bor.

Spanish sintético

Borrowed from Ancient Greek συνθετικός (sunthetikós).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sinˈtetiko/ [sĩn̪ˈt̪e.t̪i.ko]
• Rhymes: -etiko
• Syllabification: sin‧té‧ti‧co

Adjective

sintético (feminine sintética, masculine plural sintéticos, feminine plural sintéticas)

1. synthetic

Derived terms

• parasintético (“parasynthetic”, adjective)
• polisintético (“polysynthetic”, adjective)
• sintéticamente (“synthetically”, adverb)

Related terms

• síntesis

Further reading

• “sintético”, 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