anacoluto

Italian

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀνακόλουθον (anakólouthon).

Noun

anacoluto m (plural anacoluti)

1. (rhetoric, grammar) anacoluthon, anacoluthia

Further reading

• anacoluto in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἀνακόλουθον (anakólouthon).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.na.koˈlu.tu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.na.koˈlu.tu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.na.koˈlu.to/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.nɐ.kuˈlu.tu/

• Hyphenation: a‧na‧co‧lu‧to

Noun

anacoluto m (plural anacolutos)

1. (rhetoric, grammar) anacoluthon; anacoluthia (grammatically inconsistent construction)

Further reading

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

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀνακόλουθον (anakólouthon).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /anakoˈluto/ [a.na.koˈlu.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -uto
• Syllabification: a‧na‧co‧lu‧to

Noun

anacoluto m (plural anacolutos)

1. (rhetoric, grammar) anacoluthon, anacoluthia

Further reading

• “anacoluto”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28