século
See also: seculo
Galician
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin saeculum.
Noun
século m (plural séculos)
Portuguese
Alternative forms
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin saeculum. Displaced Old Portuguese seglo, segre, which was semi-learned.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈsɛ.ku.lu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈsɛ.ku.lo/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈsɛ.ku.lu/
- Rhymes: -ɛkulu
- Hyphenation: sé‧cu‧lo
Noun
século m (plural séculos)
- century (time)
- século XXI ― 21st century
Quotations
For quotations using this term, see Citations:século.
Related terms
Further reading
- “século”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “século”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026