ciência

See also: ciencia and ciència

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• sciencia, sciência (archaic)

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin scientia.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /siˈẽ.si.ɐ/ [sɪˈẽ.sɪ.ɐ], (faster pronunciation) /ˈsjẽ.sjɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /siˈẽ.si.ɐ/ [sɪˈẽ.sɪ.ɐ], (faster pronunciation) /ˈsjẽ.sjɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /siˈẽ.si.a/ [sɪˈẽ.sɪ.a], (faster pronunciation) /ˈsjẽ.sja/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈsjẽ.sjɐ/

• Rhymes: -ẽsjɐ, -ẽsiɐ
• Hyphenation: ci‧ên‧ci‧a

Noun

ciência f (plural ciências)

1. science (collective discipline of learning acquired through the scientific method)
2. science (particular discipline or branch of learning)
3. science, awareness (fact of knowing something)

Related terms

• ciente