parataxe

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek παράταξις (parátaxis, “placement side by side”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pa.ʁa.taks/

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• Homophone: parataxes
• Hyphenation: pa‧ra‧taxe

Noun

parataxe f (plural parataxes)

1. (grammar) parataxis

   Synonym: asyndète

   Antonyms: hypotaxe, syntaxe

Further reading

• “parataxe”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pa.ɾaˈtak.si/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pa.ɾaˈtak.si/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /pa.ɾaˈtak.se/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɐ.ɾɐˈta.ksɨ/

• Hyphenation: pa‧ra‧ta‧xe

Noun

parataxe f (plural parataxes)

1. (grammar) parataxis (a construct in which clauses or phrases are placed together without being separated by conjunctions)

Further reading

• “parataxe”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “parataxe”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025