ortodoxo

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin orthodoxus, from Ancient Greek ὀρθόδοξος (orthódoxos, “having the right opinion”). By surface analysis, orto- +‎ -doxo.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /oʁ.toˈdɔk.su/ [oh.toˈdɔk.su]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /oʁ.toˈdɔk.su/ [oh.toˈdɔk.su]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /oɾ.toˈdɔk.su/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /oʁ.toˈdɔk.su/ [oχ.toˈdɔk.su]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /oɻ.toˈdɔk.so/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɔɾ.tɔˈdɔ.ksu/ [ɔɾ.tɔˈðɔ.ksu]

• Rhymes: -ɔksu
• Hyphenation: or‧to‧do‧xo

Adjective

ortodoxo (feminine ortodoxa, masculine plural ortodoxos, feminine plural ortodoxas)

1. orthodox (adhering to established religious doctrine or tradition)
2. orthodox (adhering to whatever is traditional, customary, accepted)
3. Orthodox (relating to the Eastern Christian Orthodox church)
4. Orthodox (relating to Orthodox Judaism)

Antonyms

• inortodoxo
• heterodoxo

Related terms

• ortodoxia

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin orthodoxus, from Ancient Greek ὀρθόδοξος (orthódoxos, “having the right opinion”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /oɾtoˈdoɡso/ [oɾ.t̪oˈð̞oɣ̞.so]
• Rhymes: -oɡso
• Syllabification: or‧to‧do‧xo

Adjective

ortodoxo (feminine ortodoxa, masculine plural ortodoxos, feminine plural ortodoxas)

1. orthodox
2. Orthodox

Related terms

• ortodoxia

 

Further reading

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