distinção

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Portuguese

Alternative forms

distincção (obsolete)

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin distīnctiōnem.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒis.t͡ʃĩˈsɐ̃w̃/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒiʃ.t͡ʃĩˈsɐ̃w̃/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨʃ.tĩˈsɐ̃w̃/, /diʃ.tĩˈsɐ̃w̃/

(Northeast Brazil) IPA^(key): /diʃ.tĩ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/
Rhymes: -ɐ̃w̃
Hyphenation: dis‧tin‧ção

Noun

distinção f (plural distinções)

distinction

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Further reading

“distinção” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913

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