unção

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• uncção (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese hunçon, onçon, from Latin unctiō, unctiōnis.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ũˈsɐ̃w̃/ [ũˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ũˈsɐ̃w̃/

• Hyphenation: un‧ção

Noun

unção f (plural unções)

1. unction

Derived terms

• extrema-unção