cerimônia

See also: cerimonia, cerimónia, and cerimònia

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• cerimónia (Portugal)
• cerimonia (pre-reform)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin caerimōnia (“holiness”), of uncertain origin.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /se.ɾiˈmõ.ni.ɐ/ [se.ɾiˈmõ.nɪ.ɐ], (faster pronunciation) /se.ɾiˈmõ.njɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /se.ɾiˈmõ.ni.ɐ/ [se.ɾiˈmõ.nɪ.ɐ], (faster pronunciation) /se.ɾiˈmõ.njɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /se.ɾiˈmo.ni.a/ [se.ɾiˈmo.nɪ.a], (faster pronunciation) /se.ɾiˈmo.nja/

• Hyphenation: ce‧ri‧mô‧ni‧a

Noun

cerimônia f (plural cerimônias) (Brazilian Portuguese spelling)

1. ceremony (ritual with religious, social or political significance)
2. (informal) excessive formality
   • 1905, Maria Amalia Vaz de Carvalho, “O annel do diplomata [The diplomat’s ring]”, in Contos e phantasias [Short stories and fantasies]‎^[1], 2nd edition, Lisbon: Parceria Antonio Maria Pereira, page 93:

     Ergueram-se todos, sem cerimonia, turbulentamente, como da mesa de um hotel...

     They all rose up without ceremony, turbulently, like from a hotel table...

Related terms

• cerimonial
• cerimoniar
• cerimonioso