aliança

Catalan

Etymology

From aliar +‎ -ança.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ə.liˈan.sə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [a.liˈan.sa]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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• Rhymes: -ansa

Noun

aliança f (plural aliances)

1. alliance
2. wedding ring

Related terms

• aliar, aliar-se

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• alliança (pre-reform spelling)

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.liˈɐ̃.sɐ/ [a.lɪˈɐ̃.sɐ], (faster pronunciation) /aˈljɐ̃.sɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.liˈɐ̃.sɐ/ [a.lɪˈɐ̃.sɐ], (faster pronunciation) /aˈljɐ̃.sɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.liˈɐ̃.sa/ [a.lɪˈɐ̃.sa], (faster pronunciation) /aˈljɐ̃.sa/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐˈljɐ̃.sɐ/

• Rhymes: -ɐ̃sɐ
• Hyphenation: a‧li‧an‧ça

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French alliance. By surface analysis, aliar +‎ -ança.

Noun

aliança f (plural alianças)

1. engagement ring or wedding ring (ring exchanged between bride and groom)
2. alliance (pact or treaty between countries or parties made to advance common goals)
3. alliance (countries or parties which form an alliance)

   A Tríplice Aliança venceu a guerra do Paraguai.

   The Triple Alliance won the Paraguay War.

Hyponyms

• (ring exchanged between bride and groom): anel de noivado, anel de casamento

Related terms

• aliado
• aliançar
• aliar

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

aliança

1. inflection of aliançar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “aliança”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “aliança”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026