extinto
Portuguese
Alternative forms
- extincto (obsolete)
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin exstinctus or extinctus.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /isˈt͡ʃĩ.tu/, /esˈt͡ʃĩ.tu/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /iʃˈt͡ʃĩ.tu/, /eʃˈt͡ʃĩ.tu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /esˈt͡ʃĩ.to/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐjʃˈtĩ.tu/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /ejʃˈtĩ.tu/
- (Central Portugal) IPA(key): /ejʃˈtĩ.tu/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /eʃˈtĩ.tu/
- Rhymes: -ĩtu
- Hyphenation: ex‧tin‧to
Adjective
extinto (feminine extinta, masculine plural extintos, feminine plural extintas)
- (of fire) extinguished (no longer alight)
- (chiefly biology) extinct (having died out)
- (volcanology) extinct (no longer erupting)
- dead
- Synonym: morto
Related terms
Noun
extinto m (plural extintos)
- dead person
- Synonym: finado
Participle
extinto (feminine extinta, masculine plural extintos, feminine plural extintas)
- past participle of extinguir
Further reading
- “extinto”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
- “extinto”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2025
- “extinto” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
- “extinto”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
- “extinto”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
- “extinto”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin exstinctus or extinctus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /eɡsˈtinto/ [eɣ̞sˈt̪ĩn̪.t̪o]
- Rhymes: -into
- Syllabification: ex‧tin‧to
Adjective
extinto (feminine extinta, masculine plural extintos, feminine plural extintas)
Related terms
Further reading
- “extinto”, 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