cultismo

Portuguese

Etymology

From culto (“learned, educated”) +‎ -ismo.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /kuwˈt͡ʃiz.mu/ [kuʊ̯ˈt͡ʃiz.mu]
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /kuwˈt͡ʃiʒ.mu/ [kuʊ̯ˈt͡ʃiʒ.mu]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /kuwˈt͡ʃiz.mo/ [kuʊ̯ˈt͡ʃiz.mo]
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /kulˈtiʒ.mu/ [kuɫˈtiʒ.mu]

  • Hyphenation: cul‧tis‧mo

Noun

cultismo m (plural cultismos)

  1. inkhorn term (obscure or affected word)
  2. (linguistics) learned borrowing
    Coordinate term: patrimonialismo

See also

  • Portuguese learned borrowings

Further reading

Spanish

Etymology

From culto (“learned, educated”) +‎ -ismo.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kulˈtismo/ [kul̪ˈt̪iz.mo]
  • Rhymes: -ismo
  • Syllabification: cul‧tis‧mo

Noun

cultismo m (plural cultismos)

  1. inkhorn term (obscure or affected word)
    • 2015 July 30, “La deconstrucción de un cobarde”, in El País‎[1]:
      A favor de Rambert hay que decir que su cultismo no es un accidente.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  2. (linguistics) learned borrowing
    Coordinate term: patrimonialismo

Derived terms

See also

  • Spanish learned borrowings

Further reading

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