constância
Portuguese
Alternative forms
- constança (obsolete)
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin cōnstantia (“constancy”). By surface analysis, constar + -ância.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /kõsˈtɐ̃.si.ɐ/ [kõsˈtɐ̃.sɪ.ɐ], (faster pronunciation) /kõsˈtɐ̃.sjɐ/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /kõʃˈtɐ̃.si.ɐ/ [kõʃˈtɐ̃.sɪ.ɐ], (faster pronunciation) /kõʃˈtɐ̃.sjɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /kõsˈtɐ̃.si.a/ [kõsˈtɐ̃.sɪ.a], (faster pronunciation) /kõsˈtɐ̃.sja/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /kõʃˈtɐ̃.sjɐ/
- Rhymes: -ɐ̃siɐ, (faster pronunciation) -ɐ̃sjɐ
Audio (Portugal): (file) - Homophone: Constância
- Hyphenation: cons‧tân‧ci‧a
Noun
constância f (plural constâncias)
- constancy (the quality of being constant)
- Antonym: inconstância