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altisonancia

Spanish, noun/altisoˈnanθja/

altisonancia is spelled A-L-T-I-S-O-N-A-N-C-I-A (12 letters). Altisonancia is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “pompousness, grandiloquence” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Estilo, modo de hablar o escribir retumbante”.

What does altisonancia mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininepompousness, grandiloquence

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Estilo, modo de hablar o escribir retumbante.

The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.

Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of altisonancia

  • altisonancias plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce altisonancia?

  • /altisoˈnanθja/
  • [al̪.t̪i.soˈnãn̟.θja]
  • /altisoˈnansja/

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

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