autêntico
Galician
Adjective
autêntico (feminine autêntica, masculine plural autênticos, feminine plural autênticas, reintegrationist norm)
- reintegrationist spelling of auténtico
Further reading
- “autêntico” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
Portuguese
Etymology
From Medieval Latin authenticus, from Ancient Greek αὐθεντικός (authentikós, “original, genuine, principal”), from αὐθέντης (authéntēs, “one acting by his own authority, perpetrator, ruler”), from αὐτός (autós, “self”).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /awˈtẽ.t͡ʃi.ku/ [aʊ̯ˈtẽ.t͡ʃi.ku]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /awˈtẽ.t͡ʃi.ko/ [aʊ̯ˈtẽ.t͡ʃi.ko]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /awˈtẽ.ti.ku/
- Hyphenation: au‧tên‧ti‧co
Adjective
autêntico (feminine autêntica, masculine plural autênticos, feminine plural autênticas)
- authentic; legitimate; genuine
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:autêntico
- Antonyms: apócrifo, falso, inverídico
Related terms
Further reading
- “autêntico” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913