clímax

See also: climax and Climax

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin clīmax, from Ancient Greek κλῖμαξ (klîmax).

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈklĩ.maks/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkli.maks/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈkli.maks/

Noun

clímax m (invariable)

climax
Synonym: culminância

Derived terms

anticlímax

Further reading

“clímax” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin climax, from Ancient Greek κλῖμαξ (klîmax).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈklimaɡs/ [ˈkli.maɣ̞s]
Rhymes: -imaɡs
Syllabification: clí‧max

Noun

clímax m (plural clímax)

climax
Synonym: culminación

Derived terms

anticlímax

Further reading

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

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