extremaunción

Spanish

Etymology

From extrema (“last”) +‎ unción (“anointment”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /eɡsˌtɾemaunˈθjon/ [eɣ̞sˌt̪ɾe.ma.ũn̟ˈθjõn]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /eɡsˌtɾemaunˈsjon/ [eɣ̞sˌt̪ɾe.ma.ũnˈsjõn]
• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: ex‧tre‧ma‧un‧ción

Noun

extremaunción f (plural extremaunciones)

1. (Christianity) last rites

Further reading

• “extremaunción”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10