alienista

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from French aliéniste.

Noun

alienista m or f by sense (masculine plural alienisti, feminine plural alieniste)

1. psychiatrist, alienist

Anagrams

• alienasti, insaliate

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from French aliéniste.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.li.eˈnis.tɐ/ [a.lɪ.eˈnis.tɐ], (faster pronunciation) /a.ljeˈnis.tɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.li.eˈnis.tɐ/ [a.lɪ.eˈnis.tɐ], (faster pronunciation) /a.ljeˈnis.tɐ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /a.li.eˈniʃ.tɐ/ [a.lɪ.eˈniʃ.tɐ], (faster pronunciation) /a.ljeˈniʃ.tɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.li.eˈnis.ta/ [a.lɪ.eˈnis.ta], (faster pronunciation) /a.ljeˈnis.ta/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.ljɛˈniʃ.tɐ/

• Hyphenation: a‧li‧e‧nis‧ta

Noun

alienista m or f by sense (plural alienistas)

1. alienist (an expert in mental illnesses)

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from French aliéniste.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aljeˈnista/ [a.ljeˈnis.t̪a]
• Rhymes: -ista
• Syllabification: a‧lie‧nis‧ta

Noun

alienista m or f by sense (plural alienistas)

1. alienist

Further reading

• “alienista”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014