altisonante
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Italian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin altisonus, reshaped according to the present participle sonante (“sounding”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
altisonante (plural altisonanti)
- high-sounding
- Synonym: (archaic) altisono
- (by extension, derogatory) pompous
Further reading[edit]
- altisonante in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Spanish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
altisonante m or f (masculine and feminine plural altisonantes)
- high-sounding
- pompous
- Synonym: pomposo
Derived terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “altisonante”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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- Italian terms derived from Latin
- Italian 5-syllable words
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- Rhymes:Italian/ante
- Rhymes:Italian/ante/5 syllables
- Italian lemmas
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- Italian derogatory terms
- Spanish compound terms
- Spanish 5-syllable words
- Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Spanish/ante
- Rhymes:Spanish/ante/5 syllables
- Spanish lemmas
- Spanish adjectives
- Spanish epicene adjectives