definición

See also: definíción

Galician

Alternative forms

• definiçom, definição (reintegrationist)

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin dēfīnītiōnem.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /definiˈθjoŋ/ [d̪e.fi.niˈθjoŋ]

• IPA^(key): (standard) /definiˈθjoŋ/ [d̪e.fi.niˈθjoŋ]
• IPA^(key): (seseo) /definiˈsjoŋ/ [d̪e.fi.niˈsjoŋ]

• Rhymes: -oŋ
• Hyphenation: de‧fi‧ni‧ción

Noun

definición f (plural definicións)

1. definition

Further reading

• “definición”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024

Leonese

Etymology

From Latin dēfīnītiō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /definiˈθjon/, [d̪e.fi.niˈθjõŋ]
• Rhymes: -on
• Hyphenation: de‧fi‧ni‧ción

Noun

definición f (plural definiciones)

1. definition

References

• definición at the Diccionario Castellano-Leonés / Leonés-Castellano.
• definición at the Pallabeiru Llïonés.

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin dēfīnītiōnem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /definiˈθjon/ [d̪e.fi.niˈθjõn]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /definiˈsjon/ [d̪e.fi.niˈsjõn]

• Audio (Colombia):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: de‧fi‧ni‧ción

Noun

definición f (plural definiciones)

1. definition (a statement of the meaning of a word)
2. definition (a clear instance conforming to the dictionary or textbook definition)
3. definition (clarity of visual presentation, distinctness of outline or detail)
4. (in the plural) rules, statutes

Derived terms

• autodefinición
• definición ostensiva

 

Related terms

• definir

 

Further reading

• “definición”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16