formação

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin fōrmātiōnem. By surface analysis, formar +‎ -ção.

Pronunciation
 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /foʁ.maˈsɐ̃w̃/ [foɦ.maˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /foɾ.maˈsɐ̃w̃/ [foɾ.maˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /foʁ.maˈsɐ̃w̃/ [foʁ.maˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /foɻ.maˈsɐ̃w̃/ [foɻ.maˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /fuɾ.mɐˈsɐ̃w̃/

  • Rhymes: -ɐ̃w̃
  • Hyphenation: for‧ma‧ção

Noun

formação f (plural formações)

  1. formation
  2. organization
  3. development
  4. background

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:formação.

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