altivez
Portuguese
Etymology
From altivo + -ez. Cognate with Spanish altivez.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /aw.t͡ʃiˈve(j)s/ [aʊ̯.t͡ʃiˈve(ɪ̯)s]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /aw.t͡ʃiˈve(j)ʃ/ [aʊ̯.t͡ʃiˈve(ɪ̯)ʃ]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /al.tiˈveʃ/ [aɫ.tiˈveʃ]
- (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /al.tiˈbeʃ/ [aɫ.tiˈβeʃ]
- Rhymes: -eʃ
- Hyphenation: al‧ti‧vez
Noun
altivez f (plural altivezes)
Further reading
- “altivez”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
- “altivez”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2025
- “altivez” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
- “altivez”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
- “altivez”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
- “altivez”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
Spanish
Etymology
From altivo + -ez. Cognate with Portuguese altivez.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /altiˈbeθ/ [al̪.t̪iˈβ̞eθ] (Spain)
- IPA(key): /altiˈbes/ [al̪.t̪iˈβ̞es] (Latin America, Philippines)
- Rhymes: -eθ (Spain)
- Rhymes: -es (Latin America, Philippines)
- Syllabification: al‧ti‧vez
Noun
altivez f (plural altiveces)
- haughtiness; arrogance
- Synonyms: arrogancia, soberbia, altanería
Further reading
- “altivez”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024