noción

Galician

Alternative forms

• noçom, noção (reintegrationist)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃-

Proto-Indo-European *-sḱéti

Proto-Indo-European *ǵn̥h₃sḱéti

Proto-Italic *gnōskō

Latin gnōscō

Latin nōscō

Latin nōtus

Proto-Indo-European *-tis

Proto-Indo-European *-Hō

Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō

Proto-Italic *-tiō

Latin -tiō

Latin nōtiōnemlbor.

Galician noción

Learned borrowing from Latin nōtiōnem.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /noˈθjoŋ/ [noˈθjoŋ]

• IPA^(key): (standard) /noˈθjoŋ/ [noˈθjoŋ]
• IPA^(key): (seseo) /noˈsjoŋ/ [noˈsjoŋ]

• Rhymes: -oŋ
• Hyphenation: no‧ción

Noun

noción f (plural nocións)

1. notion

Further reading

• “noción”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃-

Proto-Indo-European *-sḱéti

Proto-Indo-European *ǵn̥h₃sḱéti

Proto-Italic *gnōskō

Latin gnōscō

Latin nōscō

Latin nōtus

Proto-Indo-European *-tis

Proto-Indo-European *-Hō

Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō

Proto-Italic *-tiō

Latin -tiō

Latin nōtiōnembor.

Spanish noción

Borrowed from Latin nōtiōnem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /noˈθjon/ [noˈθjõn] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /noˈsjon/ [noˈsjõn] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: no‧ción

Noun

noción f (plural nociones)

1. notion

Derived terms

• noción del tiempo (“track of time”)
• nocional

Further reading

• “noción”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025