confeição

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese confeyçon, from Latin cōnfectiōnem. Doublet of confecção and confeção, which were borrowed.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /kõ.fejˈsɐ̃w̃/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /kõ.fɐjˈsɐ̃w̃/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /kõ.fejˈsɐ̃w̃/
- (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /kõ.fejˈsɐ̃w̃/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /kõ.feˈsɐ̃w̃/

Hyphenation: con‧fei‧ção

Noun

confeição f (plural confeições)

concoction (the preparing of a medicine, food or other substance out of many ingredients)
(chiefly archaic) Alternative form of confecção

Related terms

confeitar

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