feição

Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese feiçon, faiçon, from Latin factiōnem. Doublet of fa(c)ção, a learned borrowing, and fashion, from English.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /fejˈsɐ̃w̃/ [feɪ̯ˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /fɐjˈsɐ̃w̃/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /fɐjˈsɐ̃w̃/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /fejˈsɐ̃w̃/
  • (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /fejˈsɐ̃w̃/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /feˈsɐ̃w̃/

• Rhymes: -ɐ̃w̃
• Hyphenation: fei‧ção

Noun

feição f (plural feições)

1. figure, form, aspect

Related terms

• fazer
• feito

Further reading

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