designação

Portuguese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *de

Proto-Indo-European *-h₁

Proto-Indo-European *déh₁

Proto-Italic *dē

Latin dē

Latin dē-

Proto-Indo-European *sek-?

Proto-Indo-European *-nóm

Proto-Italic *segnom

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.

Proto-Italic *-ājō

Proto-Italic *-āō

Proto-Italic *segnāō

Latin signō

Latin dēsignō

Proto-Indo-European *-tis

Proto-Indo-European *-Hō

Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō

Proto-Italic *-tiō

Latin -tiō

Latin dēsignātiōnemlbor.

Portuguese designação

Learned borrowing from Latin dēsignātiōnem. By surface analysis, designar +‎ -ção.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /de.zi.ɡi.naˈsɐ̃w̃/ [de.zi.ɡi.naˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃], /de.ziɡ.naˈsɐ̃w̃/ [de.ziɡ.naˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨ.ziɡ.nɐˈsɐ̃w̃/ [dɨ.ziɣ.nɐˈsɐ̃w̃]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨ.ziɡ.nɐˈsɐ̃w̃/ [dɨ.ziɣ.nɐˈsɐ̃w̃]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨ.ziɡ.nɐˈsɐ̃w̃/

• Hyphenation: de‧sig‧na‧ção

Noun

designação f (plural designações)

1. designation
2. appointment, assignment
3. denomination

Further reading

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