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Portuguese
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin nōtiōnem (“notion”), from nōscō (“to know; to recognise”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃-.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɐ̃w̃
- Hyphenation: no‧ção
Noun
noção f (plural noções)
- notion; idea; conception
- Synonyms: concepção, ideia, percepção, imaginação
- (uncountable) knowledge; information; the state of being aware of something
- Synonyms: conhecimento, informação, ciência
- Antonym: desconhecimento
Derived terms
Further reading
- “noção” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913