anticlímax
Portuguese, noun/ˌɐ̃.t͡ʃiˈklĩ.maks/
anticlímax is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “anticlimax (break in the final climax)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “o contrário de clímax”.
What does anticlímax mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineanticlimax (break in the final climax)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. o contrário de clímax
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of anticlímax
- anticlímaxes plural
- anticlímaces plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce anticlímax?
- Brazil /ˌɐ̃.t͡ʃiˈklĩ.maks/
- Portugal /ˌɐ̃.tiˈkli.maks/
- Portugal /ɐ̃.ti.ˈkli.maks/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to anticlímax
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is anticlímax in Portuguese?
anticlímax appears about once in every 17 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).