metempsicose
Portuguese
Alternative forms
- metempsychose (obsolete)
Etymology
From Late Latin metempsychosis, from Koine Greek μετεμψύχωσις (metempsúkhōsis), from μετεμψυχόομαι (metempsukhóomai, “of a soul, to pass from one body to another”), from μετα- (meta-) + ἐν (en, “in”) + ψυχή (psukhḗ, “soul”).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /me.tẽp.siˈkɔ.zi/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /me.tẽp.siˈkɔ.ze/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /mɨ.tẽ.psiˈkɔ.zɨ/
- Rhymes: -ɔzi, -ɔzɨ
- Hyphenation: me‧temp‧si‧co‧se
Noun
metempsicose f (plural metempsicoses)
- metempsychosis (transmigration of the soul)
- Synonym: transmigração
Related terms
- metempsicosista
- metempsicótico
Further reading
- “metempsicose” in iDicionário Aulete.
- “metempsicose” in Dicionário inFormal.
- “metempsicose” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
- “metempsicose” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
- “metempsicose” in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa.
- “metempsicose” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
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