cerimônia

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Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin caerimōnia (holiness), of uncertain origin.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /se.ɾiˈmõ.ni.ɐ/ , (faster pronunciation) /se.ɾiˈmõ.njɐ/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /se.ɾiˈmo.ni.a/ , (faster pronunciation) /se.ɾiˈmo.nja/

  • Hyphenation: ce‧ri‧mô‧ni‧a

Noun

cerimônia f (plural cerimônias) (Brazilian Portuguese spelling)

  1. ceremony (ritual with religious, social or political significance)
  2. (informal) excessive formality
    • 1880, Maria Amalia Vaz de Carvalho, “O annel do diplomata [The diplomat’s ring]”, in Contos e phantasias [Short stories and fantasies]‎, 2nd edition, Lisbon: Parceria Antonio Maria Pereira, published 1905, page 93:
      Ergueram-se todos, sem cerimonia, turbulentamente, como da mesa de um hotel...
      They all rose up without ceremony, turbulently, like from a hotel table...