convenção

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin conventiōnem.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kõ.vẽˈsɐ̃w̃/ [kõ.vẽˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kõ.vẽˈsɐ̃w̃/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kõ.vẽˈsɐ̃w̃/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /kõ.bẽˈsɐ̃w̃/

• Rhymes: -ɐ̃w̃
• Hyphenation: con‧ven‧ção

Noun

convenção f (plural convenções)

1. convention (all senses)
2. (formal) assembly
3. agreement, contract
4. custom (normal practice)

Related terms

• convir

Further reading

• “convenção” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913