Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word
declinação. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word
declinação, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say
declinação in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word
declinação you have here. The definition of the word
declinação will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition of
declinação, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.
Portuguese
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin dēclīnātiōnem (“declension, declination”). By surface analysis, declinar + -ção.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɐ̃w̃
- Hyphenation: de‧cli‧na‧ção
Noun
declinação f (plural declinações)
- (grammar) declension (a way of categorizing nouns)
- decline, decadence, fall
- Synonyms: queda, decadência, declínio
- Antonym: ascensão
- declination, refusal
- Synonym: rejeição
- Antonym: aceitação
Hypernyms
Coordinate terms
Further reading
- “declinação” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913