ciencia

See also: ciência and ciència

Asturian

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish ciencia, compare native cencia.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈθjenθja/ [ˈθjẽn̟.θja]

Noun

ciencia f (plural ciencies)

  1. alternative form of cencia

Galician

Alternative forms

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin scientia.

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): (standard) /ˈθjɛnθja/ [ˈθjɛn̪.θjɐ]
  • IPA(key): (seseo) /ˈsjɛnsja/ [ˈsjɛn.sjɐ]

 
  • Rhymes: -ɛnθja
  • Rhymes: -ɛnsja

  • Hyphenation: cien‧cia

Noun

ciencia f (plural ciencias)

  1. science

Further reading

Spanish

Alternative forms

Etymology

    Inherited from Old Spanish çiençia, borrowed from Latin scientia, from sciēns + -ia.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈθjenθja/ [ˈθjẽn̟.θja] (Spain)
    • IPA(key): /ˈsjensja/ [ˈsjẽn.sja] (Latin America, Philippines)
    • Audio (Colombia):(file)
    • Rhymes: -enθja (Spain)
    • Rhymes: -ensja (Latin America, Philippines)
    • Syllabification: cien‧cia

    Noun

    ciencia f (plural ciencias)

    1. science
    2. erudition, knowledge
      El árbol de la ciencia. ― The tree of knowledge.
      • 1915, Julio Vicuña Cifuentes, Mitos y Supersticiones Recogidos de la Tradición Oral Chilena, page 88:
        Los Machis son las únicas personas que tienen ciencia y poder bastantes para descubrir y curar los daños causados por los Brujos.
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    Derived terms

    Descendants

    • → Asturian: ciencia
    • → Basque: zientzia
    • → Ido: cienco
    • → Tagalog: siyensiya

    Further reading

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