abreviação

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ecclesiastical Latin abbreviātiōnem. By surface analysis, abreviar +‎ -ção.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.bɾe.vi.aˈsɐ̃w̃/ [a.bɾe.vɪ.aˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃], (faster pronunciation) /a.bɾe.vjaˈsɐ̃w̃/ [a.bɾe.vjaˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.bɾɨ.vjɐˈsɐ̃w̃/ [ɐ.βɾɨ.vjɐˈsɐ̃w̃]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.bɾɨ.vjɐˈsɐ̃w̃/ [ɐ.βɾɨ.vjɐˈsɐ̃w̃]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.bɾɨ.bjɐˈsɐ̃w̃/ [ɐ.βɾɨ.βjɐˈsɐ̃w̃]

• (Northeast Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.bɾɛ.vjaˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃/
• (Caipira) IPA^(key): /a.bɻe.vjaˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃/
• Hyphenation: a‧bre‧vi‧a‧ção

Noun

abreviação f (plural abreviações)

1. abbreviation (shortened or contracted form of a word or phrase)
2. abbreviation (act or result of shortening or reducing)

   Synonym: abreviatura

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:abreviação.