sección

Galician

Alternative forms

• secção, seção, seçom (reintegrationist)

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin sectiōnem.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /sɛkˈθjoŋ/ [s̺ɛkˈθjoŋ]

• IPA^(key): (standard) /sɛkˈθjoŋ/ [s̺ɛkˈθjoŋ]
• IPA^(key): (seseo) /sɛkˈsjoŋ/ [sɛkˈsjoŋ]

• Rhymes: -oŋ
• Hyphenation: sec‧ción

Noun

sección f (plural seccións)

1. section

Further reading

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

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin sectiōnem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /seɡˈθjon/ [seɣ̞ˈθjõn]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /seɡˈsjon/ [seɣ̞ˈsjõn]
• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: sec‧ción

Noun

sección f (plural secciones)

1. section
2. piece, part
3. department

Derived terms

• sección áurea
• sección cónica
• sección transversal
• seccional

 

Further reading

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