envelhecimento

Portuguese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Old Galician-Portuguese envelhecer

Portuguese envelhecer

Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥

Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom

Proto-Italic *-mentom

Latin -mentum

Old Galician-Portuguese -mento

Portuguese -mento

Portuguese envelhecimento

From envelhecer + -mento.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.ve.ʎe.siˈmẽ.tu/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.ve.ʎe.siˈmẽ.tu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.ve.ʎe.siˈmẽ.tu/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.ve.ʎe.siˈmẽ.tu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.ve.ʎe.siˈmẽ.to/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.ve.ʎe.siˈmẽ.to/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ẽ.vɨ.ʎɨ.siˈmẽ.tu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ẽ.vɨ.ʎɨ.siˈmẽ.tu/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ẽ.bɨ.ʎɨ.siˈmẽ.tu/

• Hyphenation: en‧ve‧lhe‧ci‧men‧to

Noun

envelhecimento m (plural envelhecimentos)

1. aging

Further reading

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