Portuguese[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Latin caerimonia (“holiness”), of uncertain origin.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /se.ɾiˈmõ.ni.ɐ/ [se.ɾiˈmõ.nɪ.ɐ], (faster pronunciation) /se.ɾiˈmõ.njɐ/
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /se.ɾiˈmõ.ni.ɐ/ [se.ɾiˈmõ.nɪ.ɐ], (faster pronunciation) /se.ɾiˈmõ.njɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /se.ɾiˈmo.ni.a/ [se.ɾiˈmo.nɪ.a], (faster pronunciation) /se.ɾiˈmo.nja/
- Hyphenation: ce‧ri‧mô‧ni‧a
cerimônia f (plural cerimônias) (Brazilian spelling)
- ceremony (ritual with religious, social or political significance)
- (informal) excessive formality
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