evolução

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin ēvolūtiōnem. The expected form if derived by suffixation of evoluir + -ção would be *evoluição.

Pronunciation

  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /e.vo.luˈsɐ̃w̃/ [e.vo.luˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /i.vu.luˈsɐ̃w̃/

  • Rhymes: -ɐ̃w̃
  • Hyphenation: e‧vo‧lu‧ção

Noun

evolução f (plural evoluções)

  1. evolution

Derived terms

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