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Portuguese
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin dēdicātiōnem (“dedication”). By surface analysis, dedicar + -ção.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɐ̃w̃
- Hyphenation: de‧di‧ca‧ção
Noun
dedicação f (plural dedicações)
- (uncountable) dedication (state of being dedicated)
- Synonyms: devotamento, consagração
- dedication (note prefixed to a work of art)
- Synonym: dedicatória
Further reading
- “dedicação” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913