frequência

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See also: freqüència and freqüência

Galician

Noun

frequência f (plural frequências, reintegrationist norm)

  1. reintegrationist spelling of frecuencia

Further reading

  • “frequência” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

Portuguese

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Alternative forms

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin frequentia.

Pronunciation

 
  • (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)

  1. 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.
  2. (physics) frequency
  3. (university slang) attendance
  4. (university slang, informal) exam
    Não posso sair hoje, amanhã tenho uma frequência! ― I can hang out today, I have an exam tomorrow!

Quotations

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Derived terms

Further reading

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