referencia

See also: referenciá, referència, and referência

Asturian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /refeˈɾenθja/ [re.feˈɾẽn̟.θja]

Noun

referencia f (plural referencies)

1. reference

Catalan

Verb

referencia

1. inflection of referenciar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Hungarian

Etymology

From English reference and French référence.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈrɛfɛrɛnt͡sijɒ]
• Hyphenation: re‧fe‧ren‧cia
• Rhymes: -jɒ

Noun

referencia (plural referenciák)

1. reference (information about a person, provided by someone (a referee) with whom they are well acquainted)

   Synonyms: értesülés, tájékoztatás, információ

2. character reference (for a job)

   Synonym: ajánlás

3. reference (a reference work, a previously published written work, a source)

   Synonyms: forrás, forrásmű

4. (formal) reference (a short written identification of a previously published work which is used as a source for a text)

   Synonym: hivatkozás

5. (semantics) reference (a relation between objects in which one object designates, or acts as a means by which to connect to or link to, another object)

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)

	singular	plural
nominative	referencia	referenciák
accusative	referenciát	referenciákat
dative	referenciának	referenciáknak
instrumental	referenciával	referenciákkal
causal-final	referenciáért	referenciákért
translative	referenciává	referenciákká
terminative	referenciáig	referenciákig
essive-formal	referenciaként	referenciákként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	referenciában	referenciákban
superessive	referencián	referenciákon
adessive	referenciánál	referenciáknál
illative	referenciába	referenciákba
sublative	referenciára	referenciákra
allative	referenciához	referenciákhoz
elative	referenciából	referenciákból
delative	referenciáról	referenciákról
ablative	referenciától	referenciáktól
non-attributive possessive – singular	referenciáé	referenciáké
non-attributive possessive – plural	referenciáéi	referenciákéi

Possessive forms of referencia

possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	referenciám	referenciáim
2nd person sing.	referenciád	referenciáid
3rd person sing.	referenciája	referenciái
1st person plural	referenciánk	referenciáink
2nd person plural	referenciátok	referenciáitok
3rd person plural	referenciájuk	referenciáik

Further reading

• referencia in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.

Portuguese

Verb

referencia

1. inflection of referenciar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Slovak

Etymology

Borrowed from French référence from French référer (“to refer”), from Latin referre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /referent͡sia/, [ˈreferent͡sia]
• Rhymes: -ia
• Hyphenation: re‧fe‧ren‧ci‧a

Noun

referencia f (relational adjective referenčný)

1. reference

   Synonyms: správa, informácia, (literary) posudok, (academic) dobrozdanie, (academic) odporúčanie

2. (literary, jargon) relation (especially adverting to a certain ratio of phenomena)
3. (linguistics) A relation of a linguistic unit to a referent

Declension

Declension of referencia
(pattern ulica)

	singular	plural
nominative	referencia	referencie
genitive	referencie	referencií
dative	referencii	referenciám
accusative	referenciu	referencie
locative	referencii	referenciách
instrumental	referenciou	referenciami

Related terms

• referát
• referendum
• referovať

Further reading

• “referencia”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2026

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /refeˈɾenθja/ [re.feˈɾẽn̟.θja] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /refeˈɾensja/ [re.feˈɾẽn.sja] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -enθja (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• Rhymes: -ensja (Latin America, Philippines)
• Syllabification: re‧fe‧ren‧cia

Etymology 1

Noun

referencia f (plural referencias)

1. reference

Derived terms

• por referencia
• punto de referencia

Related terms

• referencial
• referente
• referir

Further reading

• “referencia”, 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

Etymology 2

Verb

referencia

1. inflection of referenciar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative