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diácope

Portuguese, noun/d͡ʒiˈa.ko.pi/

diácope is spelled D-I-Á-C-O-P-E (7 letters). Diácope is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “diacope, tmesis (insertion of one or more words between the components of a compound word)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “fratura longitudinal de um osso, especialmente do crânio, produzida por ação de um corpo contundente”.

What does diácope mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininediacope, tmesis (insertion of one or more words between the components of a compound word)

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

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

noun: 1. fratura longitudinal de um osso, especialmente do crânio, produzida por ação de um corpo contundente 2. figura de linguagem que consiste na repetição de palavras (em um verso) tendo uma palavra que as separe

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 diácope

  • diácopes plural

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

How do you pronounce diácope?

  • Brazil /d͡ʒiˈa.ko.pi/
  • Brazil /ˈd͡ʒja.ko.pi/
  • Portugal /diˈa.ku.pɨ/

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

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