sénior

• sênior (Brazil)

Learned borrowing from Latin senior, influenced also by English senior. Doublet of senhor.

• Rhymes: (Portugal) -ɛniɔɾ, -ɛnjɔɾ
• Hyphenation: sé‧ni‧or

sénior m (plural seniores or (nonstandard) séniores) (European Portuguese spelling)

1. senior (someone older than someone else)
2. senior (someone deserving respect or reverence)
3. (sports) a senior athlete (an athlete above a certain age or level of experience, usually the age of 18)

sénior m or f (plural seniores or (nonstandard) séniores or (nonstandard) sêniors) (European Portuguese spelling)

1. senior; older
2. senior (higher in rank, dignity or office)

   desenvolvedor sénior ― senior developer

3. (sports) senior (of or pertaining to a league or competition limited to players above a certain age or level of experience, usually the age of 18)

This word’s plural is prescriptively seniores, a paroxytone word; however, it is commonly pronounced with stress on the fourth-to-last syllable, leading to the proscribed forms and spellings séniores / sêniores. Though this type of stress is not usually possible in Portuguese, the pronunciation has a rising diphthong that reduces the number of syllables realized in the word. Additionally, the form sêniors, based on English seniors, is common in Brazil. Compare júnior.

Borrowed from Latin senior. Doublet of señor.

• IPA^(key): /ˈsenjoɾ/
• Rhymes: -enjoɾ
• Syllabification: sé‧nior

sénior m or f (masculine and feminine plural séniores)

1. senior

sénior m (plural séniores)

1. senior

• “sénior”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy , 2024 December 10