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/

• (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)

1. dialect

Derived terms

• dialetação

Further reading

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