obediência

See also: obediencia, and obediència

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin oboedientia, displacing Old Portuguese obedeença.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /o.be.d͡ʒiˈẽ.si.ɐ/ [o.be.d͡ʒɪˈẽ.sɪ.ɐ], (faster pronunciation) /o.beˈd͡ʒjẽ.sjɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /o.be.d͡ʒiˈẽ.si.ɐ/ [o.be.d͡ʒɪˈẽ.sɪ.ɐ], (faster pronunciation) /o.beˈd͡ʒjẽ.sjɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /o.be.d͡ʒiˈẽ.si.a/ [o.be.d͡ʒɪˈẽ.sɪ.a], (faster pronunciation) /o.beˈd͡ʒjẽ.sja/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɔ.bɨˈdjẽ.sjɐ/ [ɔ.βɨˈðjẽ.sjɐ]

• Hyphenation: o‧be‧di‧ên‧ci‧a

Noun

obediência f (plural obediências)

1. obedience (the quality of being obedient)

   Antonym: desobediência

Related terms

• obedecer
• obediente