altisonante
Spanish, adjective/altisoˈnante/
altisonante is spelled A-L-T-I-S-O-N-A-N-T-E (11 letters) and appears about once in every 11 million words in written Spanish, the 122,511th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Altisonante is a Spanish feminine adjective meaning “high-sounding” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Dícese del lenguaje oral o escrito elevado y que suena muy bien, en especial el que va acompañado de…”.
What does altisonante mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininemasculinehigh-sounding
- 2
femininemasculinepompous
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Dícese del lenguaje oral o escrito elevado y que suena muy bien, en especial el que va acompañado de afectación.
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 altisonante
- altisonantes feminine masculine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce altisonante?
- /altisoˈnante/
- [al̪.t̪i.soˈnãn̪.t̪e]
- [al̪t̪isoˈnãn̪t̪e]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is altisonante in Spanish?
altisonante appears about once in every 11 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).