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climax

Etymology

From Latin clīmax, from Ancient Greek κλῖμαξ (klîmax, “ladder, staircase, [rhetorical] climax”), from κλίνω (klínō, “I lean, slant”).

Pronunciation

• enPR: klīʹ-măks IPA^(key): /ˈklaɪ.mæks/
• Rhymes: -aɪmæks

Noun

climax (countable and uncountable, plural climaxes or (rare) climaces)

1. (originally rhetoric) A rhetorical device in which a series is arranged in ascending order.
2. (obsolete) An instance of such an ascending series.
3. (narratology) The culmination of a narrative's rising action, the turning point.
4. (now often) A culmination or acme: the last term in an ascending series, particularly:
   1. (rhetoric, imprecise) The final term of a rhetorical climax.
   3. (ecology) The culmination of ecological development, whereby species are in equilibrium with their environment.
   4. (euphemistic) The culmination of sexual pleasure, an orgasm.

Synonyms

• (rhetorical device): incrementum; (imprecise): auxesis, catacosmesis
• (culmination): See Thesaurus:apex

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of "rhetorical device"): catacosmesis

Derived terms

• anticlimax
• climactic
• climax community
• monoclimax
• polyclimax

Related terms

• climacteric

Translations

See also

• anadiplosis

Verb

climax (third-person singular simple present climaxes, present participle climaxing, simple past and past participle climaxed)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To reach or bring to a climax (in any sense).
2. To form the climax to; to be the climax of.

Further reading

• “climax”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “climax”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kli.maks/

Noun

climax m (uncountable)

1. climax (all senses)

Derived terms

• anteclimax
• climacique
• conclimax
• paraclimax
• peniclimax
• subclimax

Further reading

• “climax”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κλῖμαξ (klîmax, “ladder, staircase, [rhetorical] climax”), from κλίνω (klínō, “I lean, slant”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkliː.maks/, [ˈklʲiːmäks̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈkli.maks/, [ˈkliːmäks]

Noun

clīmax f (genitive clīmacis); third declension

1. (rhetoric) climax

Inflection

Third-declension noun.

References

• “climax”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French climax.

Noun

climax n (plural climaxuri)

1. climax

Declension

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kliˈmaɡs/ [kliˈmaɣ̞s]
• Rhymes: -aɡs
• Syllabification: cli‧max

Noun

climax m (plural climax)

1. climax