reverência

See also: reverencia, reverenciá, reverencià, and reverència

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin reverentia.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ẽsiɐ

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁe.veˈɾẽ.sjɐ/ [he.veˈɾẽ.sjɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁe.veˈɾẽ.sjɐ/ [he.veˈɾẽ.sjɐ]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ʁe.veˈɾẽ.sjɐ/ [χe.veˈɾẽ.sjɐ]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɨ.vɨˈɾẽ.sjɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɨ.vɨˈɾẽ.sjɐ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɨ.bɨˈɾẽ.sjɐ/ [ʁɨ.βɨˈɾẽ.sjɐ]

• Hyphenation: re‧ve‧rên‧ci‧a

Noun

reverência f (plural reverências)

1. reverence (profound awe and respect, normally in a sacred context)
2. reverence (form of address for some members of the clergy)
3. bow, bowing (gesture made by bending forward at the waist)

   Synonyms: mesura, vénia, cortesia

Derived terms

• reverencioso

Related terms

• reverente

Further reading

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