excrescência

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin excrescentia. Cognate with Spanish excrecencia.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /is.kɾeˈsẽ.si.ɐ/ [is.kɾeˈsẽ.sɪ.ɐ], (faster pronunciation) /is.kɾeˈsẽ.sjɐ/, /es.kɾeˈsẽ.si.ɐ/ [es.kɾeˈsẽ.sɪ.ɐ], (faster pronunciation) /es.kɾeˈsẽ.sjɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /is.kɾeˈsẽ.si.ɐ/ [is.kɾeˈsẽ.sɪ.ɐ], (faster pronunciation) /is.kɾeˈsẽ.sjɐ/, /es.kɾeˈsẽ.si.ɐ/ [es.kɾeˈsẽ.sɪ.ɐ], (faster pronunciation) /es.kɾeˈsẽ.sjɐ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /iʃ.kɾeˈsẽ.si.ɐ/ [iʃ.kɾeˈsẽ.sɪ.ɐ], (faster pronunciation) /iʃ.kɾeˈsẽ.sjɐ/, /eʃ.kɾeˈsẽ.si.ɐ/ [eʃ.kɾeˈsẽ.sɪ.ɐ], (faster pronunciation) /eʃ.kɾeˈsẽ.sjɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /es.kɾeˈsẽ.si.a/ [es.kɾeˈsẽ.sɪ.a], (faster pronunciation) /es.kɾeˈsẽ.sja/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /(i)ʃ.kɾɨʃˈsẽ.sjɐ/, /(i)ʃ.kɾɨˈsẽ.sjɐ/

• Rhymes: -ẽsiɐ, -ẽsjɐ
• Hyphenation: ex‧cres‧cên‧ci‧a

Noun

excrescência f (plural excrescências)

1. excrescence (greater or lesser protrusion above a surface)
2. (medicine) excrescence (any tumor protruding from the skin or mucous membrane)
3. (figuratively) superfluity (useless thing)

Further reading

• “excrescência” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
• “excrescência” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.