dissertação

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin dissertātiōnem (“spoken dissertation”), from dissertus (“explained”), from disserō (“to arrange or explain”), from dis- + serō (“to spread, to scatter”), from Proto-Indo-European *ser- (“to bind, put together”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒi.seʁ.taˈsɐ̃w̃/ [d͡ʒi.seh.taˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒi.seʁ.taˈsɐ̃w̃/ [d͡ʒi.seh.taˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒi.seɾ.taˈsɐ̃w̃/ [d͡ʒi.seɾ.taˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒi.seʁ.taˈsɐ̃w̃/ [d͡ʒi.seχ.taˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒi.seɻ.taˈsɐ̃w̃/ [d͡ʒi.seɻ.taˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /di.sɨɾ.tɐˈsɐ̃w̃/

Noun

dissertação f (plural dissertações)

1. dissertation (formal exposition of a subject)
2. master's thesis (written essay submitted for a MSc degree)

Related terms

• dissertado
• dissertador
• dissertar