criança

Catalan

Etymology

From criar (“to raise”) +‎ -ança.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [kɾiˈan.sə]

IPA^(key): (Valencian) [kɾiˈan.sa]
Rhymes: -ansa

Noun

criança f (plural criances)

upbringing

Further reading

“criança” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
“criança”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
“criança” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
“criança” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Portuguese

crianças

Alternative forms

creança (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese criança, formed as criar (“to raise”) +‎ -ança, from Latin creō. Compare Spanish crianza and Medieval Latin creantia.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /kɾiˈɐ̃.sɐ/ [kɾɪˈɐ̃.sɐ], (faster pronunciation) /ˈkɾjɐ̃.sɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /kɾiˈɐ̃.sa/ [kɾɪˈɐ̃.sa], (faster pronunciation) /ˈkɾjɐ̃.sa/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɾiˈɐ̃.sɐ/, (faster pronunciation) /ˈkɾjɐ̃.sɐ/

(Northeast Brazil) IPA^(key): /kɾiˈɐ̃.sa/
Rhymes: -ɐ̃sɐ
Hyphenation: cri‧an‧ça

Noun

criança f (plural crianças)

child (young person)

Derived terms

Descendants

Macanese: quiança

Anagrams

carniça

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