acelerante

Portuguese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd

Proto-Italic *ad

Proto-Italic *ad-

Latin ad-

Proto-Indo-European *kel-der.

Latin celer

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.

Proto-Italic *-ājō

Proto-Italic *-āō

Latin -ō

Latin celerō

Latin accelerārelbor.

Portuguese acelerar

Proto-Indo-European *-onts

Latin -ns

Latin -antem

Old Galician-Portuguese -ante

Portuguese -ante

Portuguese acelerante

From acelerar + -ante.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.se.leˈɾɐ̃.t͡ʃi/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.sɨ.lɨˈɾɐ̃.tɨ/

• Hyphenation: a‧ce‧le‧ran‧te

Adjective

acelerante m or f (plural acelerantes)

1. accelerating (that causes to accelerate)

   Synonym: acelerador

Noun

acelerante m (plural acelerantes)

1. (chemistry) accelerant

Further reading

• “acelerante”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “acelerante”, in Dicionário Infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “acelerante”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
• “acelerante”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Spanish acelerar

Proto-Indo-European *-onts

Latin -ns

Latin -antem

Spanish -ante

Spanish acelerante

From acelerar + -ante.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aθeleˈɾante/ [a.θe.leˈɾãn̪.t̪e] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /aseleˈɾante/ [a.se.leˈɾãn̪.t̪e] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -ante
• Syllabification: a‧ce‧le‧ran‧te

Noun

acelerante m (plural acelerantes)

1. (chemistry) accelerant

Further reading

• “acelerante”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025