metempsicose

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Late Latin metempsychosis, from Koine Greek μετεμψύχωσις (metempsúkhōsis), from μετεμψυχόομαι (metempsukhóomai, “of a soul, to pass from one body to another”), from μετα- (meta-) + ἐν (en, “in”) + ψυχή (psukhḗ, “soul”).

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /me.tẽp.siˈkɔ.zi/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /me.tẽp.siˈkɔ.ze/
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /mɨ.tẽ.psiˈkɔ.zɨ/

  • Rhymes: -ɔzi, -ɔzɨ
  • Hyphenation: me‧temp‧si‧co‧se

Noun

metempsicose f (plural metempsicoses)

  1. metempsychosis (transmigration of the soul)
    Synonym: transmigração
  • metempsicosista
  • metempsicótico

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