desinfecção

Portuguese

Alternative forms

desinfeção (Portugal)

Etymology

From des- +‎ infecção.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /de.zĩ.fekˈsɐ̃w̃/ [de.zĩ.fekˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃], /d͡ʒi.zĩ.fekˈsɐ̃w̃/ [d͡ʒi.zĩ.fekˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /de.zĩ.fekˈsɐ̃w̃/ [de.zĩ.fekˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨ.zĩ.fɛˈksɐ̃w̃/

Hyphenation: de‧sin‧fe‧ção

Noun

desinfecção f (plural desinfecções) (Brazilian spelling, European spelling)

(public health, medicine) disinfection (treatment with disinfectant substances)

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.