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Galician
Noun
frequência f (plural frequências, reintegrationist norm)
- reintegrationist spelling of frecuencia
Further reading
- “frequência” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
Portuguese
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin frequentia.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /fɾeˈkwẽ.si.ɐ/ , (faster pronunciation) /fɾeˈkwẽ.sjɐ/
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /fɾeˈkwẽ.si.ɐ/ , (faster pronunciation) /fɾeˈkwẽ.sjɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /fɾeˈkwẽ.si.a/ , (faster pronunciation) /fɾeˈkwẽ.sja/
- Rhymes: -ẽsiɐ, (faster pronunciation) -ẽsjɐ
- Hyphenation: fre‧quên‧ci‧a
Noun
frequência f (plural frequências)
- frequency (rate of occurrence of anything)
1880, Maria Amalia Vaz de Carvalho, “A escolha de Gastão ”, in Contos e phantasias , 2nd edition, Lisbon: Parceria Antonio Maria Pereira, published 1905, page 114: mas fingiam adoral-a, porque da frequencia de Clotilde em casa d’ellas, resultava grande animação para as suas soirées.- but they pretended to love her, because Clotilde’s frequent visits to their home brought great liveliness to their soirées.
- (physics) frequency
- (university slang) attendance
- (university slang, informal) exam
- Não posso sair hoje, amanhã tenho uma frequência! ― I can hang out today, I have an exam tomorrow!
Quotations
For quotations using this term, see Citations:frequência.
Derived terms
Further reading