confecção

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin cōnfectiōnem (“making, confection”). Compare the inherited doublet confeição.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /kõ.fe.kiˈsɐ̃w̃/ [kõ.fe.kiˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃], /kõ.fekˈsɐ̃w̃/ [kõ.fekˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /kõ.fekˈsɐ̃w̃/ [kõ.fekˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃], /kõ.fe.kiˈsɐ̃w̃/ [kõ.fe.kiˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /kõ.fɛkˈsɐ̃w̃/

  • Hyphenation: con‧fec‧ção

Noun

confecção f (plural confecções) (Brazilian Portuguese spelling, superseded in European Portuguese)

  1. confection (process)
  2. production

Derived terms

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