servidão

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese servidom, from earlier servidõe, servidũe, inherited from Latin servitūdinem, derived ultimately from servus (“slave, servant”). Doublet of servitude, a borrowing from Latin. Compare Galician servidume and Spanish servidumbre.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /seʁ.viˈdɐ̃w̃/ [seɦ.viˈdɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /seʁ.viˈdɐ̃w̃/ [seɦ.viˈdɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /seɾ.viˈdɐ̃w̃/ [seɾ.viˈdɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /seʁ.viˈdɐ̃w̃/ [seʁ.viˈdɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /seɻ.viˈdɐ̃w̃/ [seɻ.viˈdɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɨɾ.viˈdɐ̃w̃/ [sɨɾ.viˈðɐ̃w̃]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɨɾ.viˈdɐ̃w̃/ [sɨɾ.viˈðɐ̃w̃]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɨɾ.biˈdɐ̃w̃/ [sɨɾ.βiˈðɐ̃w̃]

• Hyphenation: ser‧vi‧dão

Noun

servidão f (plural servidões)

1. serfdom
2. servitude

Related terms

• servir
• servo