clímax

See also: climax and Climax

Portuguese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈklĩ.maks/

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

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈkli.maks/

Noun

clímax m (invariable)

1. climax

   Synonym: culminância

Derived terms

• anticlímax

Further reading

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

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)

1. climax

   Synonym: culminación

Derived terms

• anticlímax

 

Further reading

• “clímax”, 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