declive

See also: déclivé and déclive

Latin

Adjective

dēclīve

nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular of dēclīvis

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin dēclīvem (“sloping downwards”), from de- + clīvus (“slope”).

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /deˈkli.vi/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /deˈkli.ve/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨˈkli.vɨ/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨˈkli.bɨ/ [dɨˈkli.βɨ]

Hyphenation: de‧cli‧ve

Noun

declive m (plural declives)

decline (a downward slope)
Synonym: descida

Antonyms: aclive, subida

Hypernyms

escarpa, ladeira, rampa, talude

Related terms

declividade

Spanish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /deˈklibe/ [d̪eˈkli.β̞e]
Rhymes: -ibe
Syllabification: de‧cli‧ve

Noun

declive m (plural declives)

decline (a downward slope)
Synonym: descenso

Antonyms: ascensión, ascenso
decline (a deterioration of condition; a weakening or worsening)
Synonym: decadencia

Further reading

“declive”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.