discreto

Italian

Etymology

From Latin discrētus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /diˈskre.to/, /diˈskrɛ.to/[1]
  • Rhymes: -eto, -ɛto
  • Hyphenation: di‧scré‧to, di‧scrè‧to

Adjective

discreto (feminine discreta, masculine plural discreti, feminine plural discrete, superlative discretissimo)

  1. reasonable
  2. discreet
  3. discrete
  4. low-key

Derived terms

References

  1. discreto in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Further reading

  • discreto in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

Latin

Participle

discrētō

  1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of discrētus

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin discrētus.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /d͡ʒisˈkɾɛ.tu/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /d͡ʒiʃˈkɾɛ.tu/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /d͡ʒisˈkɾɛ.to/

  • Hyphenation: dis‧cre‧to

Adjective

discreto (feminine discreta, masculine plural discretos, feminine plural discretas)

  1. discreet (respectful of privacy or secrecy)
  2. discreet (not drawing attention, anger or challenge)
  3. discrete (individual and noncontinuous)
  4. (mathematics) discrete (varying in steps; not continuous)

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin discrētus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /disˈkɾeto/ [d̪isˈkɾe.t̪o]
  • Rhymes: -eto
  • Syllabification: dis‧cre‧to

Adjective

discreto (feminine discreta, masculine plural discretos, feminine plural discretas)

  1. discrete
  2. discreet, tactful
  3. modest
    Synonym: modesto
  4. reasonable
    Synonym: razonable

Derived terms

Further reading

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