panteão
Portuguese
Etymology
From Latin Pantheon, from Ancient Greek Πάνθειον (Pántheion, “a temple of all gods”), neuter of πάνθειος (pántheios, “of or common to all gods”), from παν- (pan-, “all, everything”) + θεῖος (theîos, “of or for the gods”), from θεός (theós, “god”).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /pɐ̃.teˈɐ̃w̃/ [pɐ̃.teˈɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /pɐ̃ˈtjɐ̃w̃/
- Rhymes: -ɐ̃w̃
- Hyphenation: pan‧te‧ão
Noun
panteão m (plural panteões)
- (mythology) pantheon (all the gods of a particular religion)
- pantheon (temple dedicated to all the gods)
- pantheon (category or classification denoting the most honored persons of a group)
Further reading
- “panteão”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025