bioluminescência
Portuguese
Etymology
From bio- + luminescência.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˌbi.o.lu.mi.neˈsẽ.si.ɐ/ [ˌbi.o.lu.mi.neˈsẽ.sɪ.ɐ], (faster pronunciation) /ˌbi.o.lu.mi.neˈsẽ.sjɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˌbi.o.lu.mi.neˈsẽ.si.a/ [ˌbi.o.lu.mi.neˈsẽ.sɪ.a], (faster pronunciation) /ˌbi.o.lu.mi.neˈsẽ.sja/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ˌbi.ɔ.lu.mi.nɨʃˈsẽ.sjɐ/, /ˌbi.ɔ.lu.mi.nɨˈʃẽ.sjɐ/
- Rhymes: -ẽsiɐ, (faster pronunciation) -ẽsjɐ
- Hyphenation: bi‧o‧lu‧mi‧nes‧cên‧ci‧a
Noun
bioluminescência f (plural bioluminescências)
- (biochemistry) bioluminescence (emission of light by a living organism)
Related terms
Further reading
- “bioluminescência”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025