distinção

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin distīnctiōnem.

Pronunciation
 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /d͡ʒis.t͡ʃĩˈsɐ̃w̃/ [d͡ʒis.t͡ʃĩˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /d͡ʒiʃ.t͡ʃĩˈsɐ̃w̃/ [d͡ʒiʃ.t͡ʃĩˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /dɨʃ.tĩˈsɐ̃w̃/, /diʃ.tĩˈsɐ̃w̃/

  • (Northeast Brazil) IPA(key): /diʃ.tĩ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/
  • Rhymes: -ɐ̃w̃
  • Hyphenation: dis‧tin‧ção

Noun

distinção f (plural distinções)

  1. distinction

Further reading
  • “distinção” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
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