miscigenação

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from English miscegenation. By surface analysis, miscigenar +‎ -ção.

Pronunciation

  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /mi.si.ʒe.naˈsɐ̃w̃/ [mi.si.ʒe.naˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /miʃ.si.ʒɨ.nɐˈsɐ̃w̃/, /mi.ʃi.ʒɨ.nɐˈsɐ̃w̃/

  • Rhymes: -ɐ̃w̃

Noun

miscigenação f (plural miscigenações)

  1. miscegenation (the mixing or blending of races)

Further reading

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