ciência

See also: ciencia and ciència

Portuguese

Alternative forms

sciencia, sciência (archaic)

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin scientia.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /siˈẽ.si.ɐ/ [sɪˈẽ.sɪ.ɐ], (faster pronunciation) /ˈsjẽ.sjɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /siˈẽ.si.a/ [sɪˈẽ.sɪ.a], (faster pronunciation) /ˈsjẽ.sja/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈsjẽ.sjɐ/

Rhymes: -ẽsjɐ, -ẽsiɐ
Hyphenation: ci‧ên‧ci‧a

Noun

ciência f (plural ciências)

science (collective discipline of learning acquired through the scientific method)
science (particular discipline or branch of learning)
science, awareness (fact of knowing something)

Related terms

ciente

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