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apófase

Portuguese, noun/aˈpɔ.fa.zi/

apófase is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “apophasis (allusion to something by denying that it will be mentioned)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

What does apófase mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    feminineapophasis (allusion to something by denying that it will be mentioned)

  2. 2

    feminineapophatism (a belief, a theory on approaching knowledge of God in a negative way)

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

Forms of apófase

  • apófases plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce apófase?

  • Brazil /aˈpɔ.fa.zi/
  • Portugal /ɐˈpɔ.fɐ.zɨ/

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