aposição

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin appositiōnem.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.po.ziˈsɐ̃w̃/ [a.po.ziˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.pu.ziˈsɐ̃w̃/

Hyphenation: a‧po‧si‧ção

Noun

aposição f (plural aposições)

(grammar) apposition (the placing of a noun with another as an explanatory equivalent)
apposition (the quality of being side by side)
apposition (the act of placing of two things side by side)
(biology) apposition (growth of successive layers of cell wall)

Related terms

apor

Further reading

“aposição” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

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