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Galician
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese devoçon (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin dēvōtiōnem.
Pronunciation
Noun
devoción f (plural devocións)
- devotion, worship
Further reading
References
- Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “devoçon”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “deuoç”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “devozón”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “devoción”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “devoción”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin dēvōtiōnem.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /deboˈθjon/
- IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /deboˈsjon/
- Rhymes: -on
- Syllabification: de‧vo‧ción
Noun
devoción f (plural devociones)
- devotion
Derived terms
Further reading