sección

Galician

Alternative forms

• secção, seção, seçom (reintegrationist)

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin sectiōnem.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /sɛkˈθjoŋ/ [s̺ɛkˈθjoŋ]

• IPA^(key): (standard) /sɛkˈθjoŋ/ [s̺ɛkˈθjoŋ]
• IPA^(key): (seseo) /sɛkˈsjoŋ/ [sɛkˈsjoŋ]

• Rhymes: -oŋ
• Hyphenation: sec‧ción

Noun

sección f (plural seccións)

1. section

Further reading

• “sección”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin sectiōnem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /seɡˈθjon/ [seɣ̞ˈθjõn]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /seɡˈsjon/ [seɣ̞ˈsjõn]
• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: sec‧ción

Noun

sección f (plural secciones)

1. section
2. piece, part

   Synonyms: pedazo, pieza, parte, trozo

3. department

   Synonym: departamento

Derived terms

• sección áurea
• sección cónica
• sección transversal
• seccional

Further reading

• “sección”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10