arcaísta
Portuguese, noun/aʁ.kaˈis.tɐ/
arcaísta is spelled A-R-C-A-Í-S-T-A (8 letters). Arcaísta is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “archaist (a person who uses archaisms in language)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “pessoa que emprega arcaísmos”.
What does arcaísta mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininemasculinearchaistic (deliberately archaic)
noun
- 1
femininemasculinearchaist (a person who uses archaisms in language)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. relativo a arcaísmo
noun: 1. pessoa que emprega arcaísmos
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 arcaísta
- arcaístas plural
- archaista alternative obsolete
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce arcaísta?
- Brazil /aʁ.kaˈis.tɐ/
- Brazil [ah.kaˈis.tɐ]
- /aɾ.kaˈis.tɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.