eletivo

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• electivo (pre-1990 spelling)

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin ēlēctīvus.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /e.leˈt͡ʃi.vu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /e.leˈt͡ʃi.vu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /e.leˈt͡ʃi.vo/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /i.lɛˈti.vu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /i.lɛˈti.vu/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /i.lɛˈti.bu/ [i.lɛˈti.βu]

• Rhymes: -ivu
• Hyphenation: e‧le‧ti‧vo

Adjective

eletivo (feminine eletiva, masculine plural eletivos, feminine plural eletivas)

1. elective

Further reading

• “eletivo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024