extração

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Portuguese

Alternative forms

extracção (pre-1990 spelling)

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin extractiōnem.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /is.tɾaˈsɐ̃w̃/ , /es.tɾaˈsɐ̃w̃/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /iʃ.tɾaˈsɐ̃w̃/ , /eʃ.tɾaˈsɐ̃w̃/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /es.tɾaˈsɐ̃w̃/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʃ.tɾaˈsɐ̃w̃/, /ɐjʃ.tɾaˈsɐ̃w̃/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʃ.tɾaˈsɐ̃w̃/, /ejʃ.tɾaˈsɐ̃w̃/
- (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʃ.tɾaˈsɐ̃w̃/, /ejʃ.tɾaˈsɐ̃w̃/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʃ.tɾaˈsɐ̃w̃/, /eʃ.tɾaˈsɐ̃w̃/

Hyphenation: ex‧tra‧ção

Noun

extração f (plural extrações)

extraction
1. act or effect of extracting
2. pullout
3. (medicine) surgical operation to remove an organ or foreign object that has become lodged in the body
4. prize draw
5. sale
6. search
7. (chemistry) separation of one or more components of a mixture using appropriate solvents

Further reading

“extração”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
“extração”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

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