diminuição

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin dīminūtiōnem.

Pronunciation
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /d͡ʒi.mi.nu.iˈsɐ̃w̃/ [d͡ʒi.mi.nʊ.iˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃], /d͡ʒi.mi.nujˈsɐ̃w̃/ [d͡ʒi.mi.nuɪ̯ˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /di.mi.nwiˈsɐ̃w̃/

  • Hyphenation: di‧mi‧nu‧i‧ção

Noun

diminuição f (plural diminuições)

  1. decrease, reduction, diminution
  2. impairment
  3. depletion
  4. shrinkage

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