século

See also: seculo

Galician

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin saeculum.

Noun

século m (plural séculos)

1. century

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• seculo (pre-standardization spelling)

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin saeculum. Displaced Old Portuguese seglo, segre, which was semi-learned.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɛ.ku.lu/

• Rhymes: -ɛkulu
• Hyphenation: sé‧cu‧lo

Noun

século m (plural séculos)

1. century (time)

   século XXI ― 21st century

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:século.

Related terms

• secular