criança

Catalan

Etymology

From criar (“to raise”) +‎ -ança.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [kɾiˈan.sə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [kɾiˈan.sa]
• Rhymes: -ansa

Noun

criança f (plural criances)

1. upbringing

Further reading

• “criança” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “criança”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “criança” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “criança” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Portuguese

crianças

Alternative forms

• creança (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese criança, formed as criar (“to raise”) +‎ -ança, from Latin creō. Compare Spanish crianza and Medieval Latin creantia.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kɾiˈɐ̃.sɐ/ [kɾɪˈɐ̃.sɐ], (faster pronunciation) /ˈkɾjɐ̃.sɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kɾiˈɐ̃.sɐ/ [kɾɪˈɐ̃.sɐ], (faster pronunciation) /ˈkɾjɐ̃.sɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /kɾiˈɐ̃.sa/ [kɾɪˈɐ̃.sa], (faster pronunciation) /ˈkɾjɐ̃.sa/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɾiˈɐ̃.sɐ/, (faster pronunciation) /ˈkɾjɐ̃.sɐ/

• (Northeast Brazil) IPA^(key): /kɾiˈɐ̃.sa/
• Rhymes: -ɐ̃sɐ
• Hyphenation: cri‧an‧ça

Noun

criança f (plural crianças)

1. child (young person)

Derived terms

• criancinha (diminutive)
• crianção, criançona
• criancice

Descendants

• Macanese: quiança

Anagrams

• carniça