dialeto

Portuguese

Alternative forms

dialecto (pre-1990 spelling)

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin dialectos, from Ancient Greek διάλεκτος (diálektos).

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒi.aˈlɛ.tu/ [d͡ʒɪ.aˈlɛ.tu], (faster pronunciation) /d͡ʒjaˈlɛ.tu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒi.aˈlɛ.to/ [d͡ʒɪ.aˈlɛ.to], (faster pronunciation) /d͡ʒjaˈlɛ.to/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /di.ɐˈlɛ.tu/, (faster pronunciation) /djɐˈlɛ.tu/

Rhymes: -ɛtu
Hyphenation: di‧a‧le‧to

Noun

dialeto m (plural dialetos)

dialect

Derived terms

dialetação

Further reading

“dialeto” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913

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