cerimônia

See also: cerimonia, cerimónia, and cerimònia

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• cerimónia (Portugal)
• cerimonia (obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin caerimōnia (“holiness”), of uncertain origin.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /se.ɾiˈmõ.ni.ɐ/ [se.ɾiˈmõ.nɪ.ɐ], (faster pronunciation) /se.ɾiˈmõ.njɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /se.ɾiˈmõ.ni.ɐ/ [se.ɾiˈmõ.nɪ.ɐ], (faster pronunciation) /se.ɾiˈmõ.njɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /se.ɾiˈmo.ni.a/ [se.ɾiˈmo.nɪ.a], (faster pronunciation) /se.ɾiˈmo.nja/

• Hyphenation: ce‧ri‧mô‧ni‧a

Noun

cerimônia f (plural cerimônias) (Brazilian Portuguese spelling)

1. ceremony (ritual with religious, social or political significance)
2. (informal) excessive formality

Related terms

• cerimonial
• cerimonioso