ciencia

See also: ciência and ciència

Asturian

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish ciencia, compare native cencia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈθjenθja/, [ˈθjẽn̟.θja]

Noun

ciencia f (plural ciencies)

1. Alternative form of cencia

Galician

Alternative forms

• ciência (reintegrationist)

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin scientia.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈθjɛnθja/ [ˈθjɛn̪.θjɐ]

• IPA^(key): (standard) /ˈθjɛnθja/ [ˈθjɛn̪.θjɐ]
• IPA^(key): (seseo) /ˈsjɛnsja/ [ˈsjɛn.sjɐ]

 

• Rhymes: -ɛnθja

• Rhymes: -ɛnθja
• Rhymes: -ɛnsja

• Hyphenation: cien‧cia

Noun

ciencia f (plural ciencias)

1. science

Related terms

• científico

Further reading

• “ciencia”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024

Spanish

Alternative forms

• esciencia (archaic)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish çiençia, borrowed from Latin scientia, from sciēns -ia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /ˈθjenθja/ [ˈθjẽn̟.θja]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /ˈsjensja/ [ˈsjẽn.sja]

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -enθja
• Rhymes: -ensja
• Syllabification: cien‧cia

Noun

ciencia f (plural ciencias)

1. science
2. erudition, knowledge

   El árbol de la ciencia. ― The tree of knowledge.

Derived terms

• a ciencia cierta
• árbol de la ciencia del bien y del mal
• ciencia de datos
• ciencia exacta
• ciencia ficción
• ciencia natural
• ciencia política
• ciencia social
• ciencias del mar
• ciencias exactas
• ciencias humanas
• ciencias marinas
• ciencias naturales

 

Related terms

• científico
• conciencia
• consciente

 

Descendants

• → Tagalog: siyensiya

Further reading

• “ciencia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28