saliência

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /sa.liˈẽ.si.ɐ/ [sa.lɪˈẽ.sɪ.ɐ], (faster pronunciation) /saˈljẽ.sjɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /sa.liˈẽ.si.ɐ/ [sa.lɪˈẽ.sɪ.ɐ], (faster pronunciation) /saˈljẽ.sjɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /sa.liˈẽ.si.a/ [sa.lɪˈẽ.sɪ.a], (faster pronunciation) /saˈljẽ.sja/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɐˈljẽ.sjɐ/

• Rhymes: -ẽsjɐ
• Hyphenation: sa‧li‧ên‧ci‧a

Noun

saliência f (plural saliências)

1. protuberance (something that protrudes out)

   Synonyms: protuberância, proeminência, saliência, ressalto

2. salience; prominence; highlight

   Synonym: proeminência

3. (Brazil, informal) obscenity, lewdness, indecency

Further reading

• “saliência”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024