autêntico

See also: autentico, autenticó, auténtico, and autenticò

Portuguese

Etymology

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]

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

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /awˈtẽ.ti.ku/

• 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

Related terms

• autenticação
• autenticado
• autenticar
• autenticidade

 

Further reading

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