ciencia

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See also: ciência and ciència

Asturian

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish ciencia, compare native cencia.

Pronunciation

Noun

ciencia f (plural ciencies)

  1. Alternative form of cencia

Galician

Alternative forms

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin scientia.

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): (standard) /ˈθjɛnθja/
  • IPA(key): (seseo) /ˈsjɛnsja/

 

  • Hyphenation: cien‧cia

Noun

ciencia f (plural ciencias)

  1. science

Further reading

Spanish

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Alternative forms

Etymology

    Inherited from Old Spanish çiençia, borrowed from Latin scientia, from sciēns + -ia.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): (Spain) /ˈθjenθja/
    • IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /ˈsjensja/
    • Audio (Colombia):(file)
    • Rhymes: -enθja
    • Rhymes: -ensja
    • Syllabification: cien‧cia

    Noun

    ciencia f (plural ciencias)

    1. science
    2. erudition, knowledge
      El árbol de la ciencia. ― The tree of knowledge.
      • 1915, Julio Vicuña Cifuentes, Mitos y Supersticiones Recogidos de la Tradición Oral Chilena, page 88:
        Los Machis son las únicas personas que tienen ciencia y poder bastantes para descubrir y curar los daños causados por los Brujos.
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    Derived terms

    Descendants

    • → Tagalog: siyensiya

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