fornicação

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin fornicātiōnem. By surface analysis, fornicar +‎ -ção

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /foʁ.ni.kaˈsɐ̃w̃/ [foɦ.ni.kaˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /foɾ.ni.kaˈsɐ̃w̃/ [foɾ.ni.kaˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /foʁ.ni.kaˈsɐ̃w̃/ [foʁ.ni.kaˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /foɻ.ni.kaˈsɐ̃w̃/ [foɻ.ni.kaˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /fuɾ.ni.kɐˈsɐ̃w̃/

Rhymes: -ɐ̃w̃
Hyphenation: for‧ni‧ca‧ção

Noun

fornicação f (plural fornicações)

fornication (sexual intercourse, especially on the part of an unmarried person)

Further reading

“fornicação” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

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