🇵🇹 Portuguese

ciências

Did you know? This word is a cognate — it looks similar in English and has the same meaning. Cognates are usually easier to remember!
feminine

as ciências

sciences

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ciências
/as siˈẽsiɐs/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say ciências in Portuguese?

IPA
/as siˈẽsiɐs/

How do you pronounce ciências in Portuguese?

ciências is pronounced /as siˈẽsiɐs/ in Portuguese.

Example sentences

A ciência moderna é fascinante e revolucionária.

Modern science is fascinating and revolutionary. (The feminine article 'a' and feminine adjectives 'moderna' and 'revolucionária' agree with the feminine noun 'ciência')

A ciência antiga era menos precisa do que a ciência atual.

Ancient science was less precise than current science. (The feminine article 'a' and feminine adjectives 'antiga' and 'atual' must agree with the feminine noun 'ciência'; using masculine forms would be grammatically incorrect)

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Why is it feminine?

Ciências is feminine because it derives from Latin "scientia," which was a feminine noun (ending in -a), and Portuguese preserved this grammatical gender through sound changes and regular inheritance patterns. The -a ending in Portuguese typically marks feminine nouns, a pattern that carried over from Latin feminine first declension nouns like scientia.

What is the Portuguese word for sciences?

The Portuguese word for sciences is as ciências — feminine.

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