cremação

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin cremātiōnem. Compare queimação, possibly an inherited doublet. By surface analysis, cremar +‎ -ção.

Pronunciation

  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /kɾe.maˈsɐ̃w̃/ [kɾe.maˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /kɾɨ.mɐˈsɐ̃w̃/

  • Hyphenation: cre‧ma‧ção

Noun

cremação f (plural cremações)

  1. cremation (burning of a body)

Further reading

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