cataclismo

Learned borrowing from Latin cataclysmus, from Ancient Greek κατακλυσμός (kataklusmós, “deluge, flood, inundation”), from κατά (katá, “down”) + κλύζω (klúzō, “to wash off, to wash away”) (from Proto-Indo-European *ḱlew- (“clean”)).

cataclismo m (plural cataclismos)

1. cataclysm

• “cataclismo”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025

cataclismo (feminine cataclisma, masculine plural cataclismi, feminine plural cataclisme)

1. cataclysmic

• cataclisma

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

• Hyphenation: ca‧ta‧clis‧mo

cataclismo m (plural cataclismos)

1. alternative form of cataclisma

Borrowed from Latin cataclysmus, from Ancient Greek κατακλυσμός (kataklusmós, “deluge, flood, inundation”), from κατά (katá, “down”) + κλύζω (klúzō, “to wash off, to wash away”) (from Proto-Indo-European *ḱlew- (“clean”)).

• IPA^(key): /kataˈklismo/ [ka.t̪aˈkliz.mo]
• Rhymes: -ismo
• Syllabification: ca‧ta‧clis‧mo

cataclismo m (plural cataclismos)

1. cataclysm

• “cataclismo”, 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