noção

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin nōtiōnem (“notion”), from nōscō (“to know; to recognise”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃-.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /noˈsɐ̃w̃/ [noˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /nuˈsɐ̃w̃/

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

Further reading

“noção” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913

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