cambiante

Interlingua

Participle

cambiante

1. present participle of cambiar

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kamˈbjan.te/
• Rhymes: -ante
• Hyphenation: cam‧biàn‧te

Participle

cambiante m or f by sense (plural cambianti)

1. present participle of cambiare

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kɐ̃.biˈɐ̃.t͡ʃi/ [kɐ̃.bɪˈɐ̃.t͡ʃi], (faster pronunciation) /kɐ̃ˈbjɐ̃.t͡ʃi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kɐ̃.biˈɐ̃.t͡ʃi/ [kɐ̃.bɪˈɐ̃.t͡ʃi], (faster pronunciation) /kɐ̃ˈbjɐ̃.t͡ʃi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /kɐ̃.biˈɐ̃.te/ [kɐ̃.bɪˈɐ̃.te], (faster pronunciation) /kɐ̃ˈbjɐ̃.te/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐ̃ˈbjɐ̃.tɨ/

• Hyphenation: cam‧bi‧an‧te

Adjective

cambiante m or f (plural cambiantes)

1. changing
2. indecisive
3. iridescent (colour)

Further reading

• “cambiante”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “cambiante”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Spanish cambiar

Proto-Indo-European *-onts

Latin -ns

Latin -antem

Spanish -ante

Spanish cambiante

From cambiar + -ante.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kamˈbjante/ [kãmˈbjãn̪.t̪e]
• Rhymes: -ante
• Syllabification: cam‧bian‧te

Adjective

cambiante m or f (masculine and feminine plural cambiantes)

1. changing
2. changeable

Noun

cambiante m (plural cambiantes)

1. iridescent fabric

Further reading

• “cambiante”, 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