dissertação
Portuguese
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Latin dissertātiōnem (“spoken dissertation”), from dissertus (“explained”), from disserō (“to arrange or explain”), from dis- + serō (“to spread, to scatter”), from Proto-Indo-European *ser- (“to bind, put together”).
Pronunciation
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Noun
editdissertação f (plural dissertações)
- dissertation (formal exposition of a subject)
- master's thesis (written essay submitted for a MSc degree)