deíxis
Spanish, noun/deˈiɡsis/
deíxis is spelled D-E-Í-X-I-S (6 letters) and appears about once in every 45 million words in written Spanish, the 236,842nd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Deíxis is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “alternative form of deixis” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Variante de deixis”.
What does deíxis mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininealternative form of deixis
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Señalamiento en el discurso hablado o escrito de algo mencionado previa o posteriormente o bien recordado utilizando vocablos específicos para tal fin. Pueden referirse a personas (yo, él), cosas, acciones o conceptos (ese, aquellos, ello), tiempo (mañana, entonces) o lugares (aquí). 2. Expresión que señala un lugar, un momento, una persona o un objeto determinado.
noun: 1. Variante de deixis.
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.
How do you pronounce deíxis?
- /deˈiɡsis/
- [d̪eˈiɣ̞.sis]
- [ˈd̪ejksis]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to deíxis
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is deíxis in Spanish?
deíxis appears about once in every 45 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).