phenomena
substantivosubstantivoatestado nos diálogos
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- Estados Unidos//fɪˈnɑm.ɪ.nə//
A phenomenon.
substantivo
- 1
Também uma forma de phenomenonplural of phenomenon
She was a fat, round little woman, richly apparelled in velvet and lace, […]; and the way she laughed, cackling like a hen, the way she talked to the waiters and the maid, […]—all these unexpected phenomena impelled one to hysterical mirth, and made one class her with such immortally ludicrous types as Ally Sloper, the Widow Twankey, or Miss Moucher.
Etimologia
The plural form of phenomenon, formed according to the Ancient Greek -ον (-on) → -α (-a) pluralisation pattern.
substantivo
- 1
A phenomenon.
And that this doctrine is true, the accidents or Phenomenas evidently declare unto us; […]
Senſe is Deceitful, and may feign, / As well in counterfeiting Pain / As other groſs Phænomena'''’s, / In which it oft miſtakes the Caſe.
A new musical prodigy has turned up in Cincinnati more wonderful than all the infant phenomenas in that line that have appeared for many a day.
“One could say that the precious-metals markets are excellent places to study human behavior,” Dr. [Henry] Jarecki observed during an interview the other day. “They are laboratories for studying changing human moods, mob psychology and related phenomenas.”
Formas
- plural
- phenomenas, phenomenae