século

See also: seculo

Galician

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *seh₂-

Proto-Indo-European *-éyti

Proto-Indo-European *sh₂ey-

Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr

Proto-Indo-European *-trom

Proto-Indo-European *-tlom

Proto-Indo-European *sh₂éytlom

Proto-Italic *saitlom ~ *saiklom

Latin saeculumlbor.

Galician século

Learned borrowing from Latin saeculum.

Noun

século m (plural séculos)

1. century

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• séc. (abbreviation)
• seculo (pre-standardization spelling)

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin saeculum. Displaced Old Portuguese seglo, segre, which was semi-learned.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsɛ.ku.lu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈsɛ.ku.lu/

• Rhymes: -ɛkulu
• Hyphenation: sé‧cu‧lo

Noun

século m (plural séculos)

1. century (time)

   século XXI ― 21st century

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:século.

Related terms

• secular

Further reading

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