división
Galician
Alternative forms
- divisón
- divisom, divisão (Reintegrationist)
Etymology
Attested since the 13th century (diuisoes, "divisions"). Learned borrowing from Latin dīvīsiōnem. Compare Portuguese divisão.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dibiˈsjoŋ/ [d̪i.β̞iˈs̺joŋ]
- Rhymes: -oŋ
- Hyphenation: di‧vi‧sión
Noun
división f (plural divisións)
- division, partition, in particular
- (construction) partition
- 1810, Jose Fernandez y Neira, Proezas de Galicia:
- como por aquela terra hay pouca leña, queimaron toda à madeira das divisions, deixsàndo rasa à casa
- since there are little firewood on that land, they burned down the wood of the partitions, leaving the house bare
- (mathematics) division
- (construction) partition
Related terms
References
- “diuison” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “diuis” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “división” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “división” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “división” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin dīvīsiōnem. Cognate with English division.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dibiˈsjon/ [d̪i.β̞iˈsjõn]
Audio (Venezuela): (file) - Rhymes: -on
- Syllabification: di‧vi‧sión
Noun
división f (plural divisiones)
- division, divide
- split, splitting, cleavage
- branch, division (section of an institution or organization)
- partition, partitioning (the division of a territory in two or more parts)
- separation (e.g. the separation of powers in government)
- (mathematics) division
- divisiveness
Related terms
Further reading
- “división”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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