interseção

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin intersectiōnem.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ĩ.teʁ.seˈsɐ̃w̃/ [ĩ.teh.seˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /ĩ.teɾ.seˈsɐ̃w̃/ [ĩ.teɾ.seˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ĩ.teʁ.seˈsɐ̃w̃/ [ĩ.teχ.seˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ĩ.teɻ.seˈsɐ̃w̃/ [ĩ.teɻ.seˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ĩ.tɨɾ.sɛˈsɐ̃w̃/

Noun

interseção f (plural interseções) (Brazilian Portuguese spelling, European Portuguese spelling)

  1. intersection (junction of two or more paths, etc)
  2. (geometry) intersection (point or points common to two objects)
  3. (set theory) intersection (set containing every element common to multiple sets)

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