fornicação

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin fornicātiōnem. By surface analysis, fornicar +‎ -ção

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /foʁ.ni.kaˈsɐ̃w̃/ [foɦ.ni.kaˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /foʁ.ni.kaˈsɐ̃w̃/ [foɦ.ni.kaˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /foɾ.ni.kaˈsɐ̃w̃/ [foɾ.ni.kaˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /foʁ.ni.kaˈsɐ̃w̃/ [foʁ.ni.kaˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /foɻ.ni.kaˈsɐ̃w̃/ [foɻ.ni.kaˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /fuɾ.ni.kɐˈsɐ̃w̃/

• Rhymes: -ɐ̃w̃
• Hyphenation: for‧ni‧ca‧ção

Noun

fornicação f (plural fornicações)

1. fornication (sexual intercourse, especially on the part of an unmarried person)

Further reading

• “fornicação”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024