apofonia
Portuguese, noun/a.po.foˈni.ɐ/
apofonia is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “apophony (alternation of sounds within a word)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “fenômeno linguístico que consiste na troca do timbre das vogais mediante a evolução da língua”.
What does apofonia mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineapophony (alternation of sounds within a word)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. fenômeno linguístico que consiste na troca do timbre das vogais mediante a evolução da língua
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 apofonia
- apofonias plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce apofonia?
- Brazil /a.po.foˈni.ɐ/
- Portugal /ɐ.pu.fuˈni.ɐ/
- [a.po.fõ.ˈni.ɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to apofonia
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.