autêntico

Galician

Adjective

autêntico (feminine autêntica, masculine plural autênticos, feminine plural autênticas, reintegrationist norm)

  1. reintegrationist spelling of auténtico

Further reading

  • autêntico”, in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2025

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

  • Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin authenticus, from Ancient Greek αὐθεντικός (authentikós, original, genuine, principal), from αὐθέντης (authéntēs, one acting by his own authority, perpetrator, ruler), from αὐτός (autós, self).

    Pronunciation

     
    • (Brazil) IPA(key): /awˈtẽ.t͡ʃi.ku/ [aʊ̯ˈtẽ.t͡ʃi.ku]
      • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /awˈtẽ.t͡ʃi.ko/ [aʊ̯ˈtẽ.t͡ʃi.ko]

    • Rhymes: (Brazil) -ẽt͡ʃiku, (Portugal) -ẽtiku
    • Hyphenation: au‧tên‧ti‧co

    Adjective

    autêntico (feminine autêntica, masculine plural autênticos, feminine plural autênticas)

    1. authentic; legitimate; genuine
      Synonyms: see Thesaurus:autêntico
      Antonyms: apócrifo, falso, inverídico

    Further reading

    • autêntico” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913