zoroastrismo

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• zoroastrianismo

Etymology

Etymology tree

Portuguese Zoroastro

Proto-Indo-European *-id-

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti

Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō

Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)

Proto-Indo-European *-mos

Proto-Indo-European *-mós

Ancient Greek -μός (-mós)

Ancient Greek -ῐσμός (-ĭsmós)bor.

Latin -ismuslbor.

Portuguese -ismo

Portuguese zoroastrismo

From Zoroastro + -ismo.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /zo.ɾo.asˈtɾiz.mu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /zo.ɾo.asˈtɾiz.mu/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /zo.ɾo.aʃˈtɾiʒ.mu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /zo.ɾo.asˈtɾiz.mo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /zu.ɾwɐʃˈtɾiʒ.mu/

• Rhymes: -izmu, -iʒmu
• Hyphenation: zo‧ro‧as‧tris‧mo

Noun

zoroastrismo m (uncountable)

1. Zoroastrianism (religion and philosophy ascribed to Zoroaster)

Further reading

• “zoroastrismo”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “zoroastrismo”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2026
• “zoroastrismo” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “zoroastrismo”, in Dicionário Infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “zoroastrismo”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
• “zoroastrismo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Alternative forms

• zoroastrianismo

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /θoɾoasˈtɾismo/ [θo.ɾo.asˈt̪ɾiz.mo] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /soɾoasˈtɾismo/ [so.ɾo.asˈt̪ɾiz.mo] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -ismo
• Syllabification: zo‧ro‧as‧tris‧mo

Proper noun

zoroastrismo m

1. Zoroastrianism

Related terms

• zoroástrico
• zoroastrista
• Zoroastro

Further reading

• “zoroastrismo”, 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