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hendíade

Portuguese, noun

hendíade is spelled H-E-N-D-Í-A-D-E (8 letters). Hendíade is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “alternative form of hendíadis” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “figura de retórica que consiste na utilização de dois nomes ou substantivos coordenados em vez de um…”.

What does hendíade mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininealternative form of hendíadis

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

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

noun: 1. figura de retórica que consiste na utilização de dois nomes ou substantivos coordenados em vez de um substantivo e seu atributo

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 hendíade

  • hendíades plural

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

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