obediência

See also: obediencia and obediència

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin oboedientia, displacing Old Portuguese obedeença.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /o.be.d͡ʒiˈẽ.si.ɐ/ [o.be.d͡ʒɪˈẽ.sɪ.ɐ], (faster pronunciation) /o.beˈd͡ʒjẽ.sjɐ/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /o.be.d͡ʒiˈẽ.si.a/ [o.be.d͡ʒɪˈẽ.sɪ.a], (faster pronunciation) /o.beˈd͡ʒjẽ.sja/
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɔ.bɨˈdjẽ.sjɐ/ [ɔ.βɨˈðjẽ.sjɐ]

  • Hyphenation: o‧be‧di‧ên‧ci‧a

Noun

obediência f (plural obediências)

  1. obedience (the quality of being obedient)
    Antonym: desobediência