ensino

Galician

Etymology

From ensinar (“to teach”).

Noun

ensino m (uncountable)

teaching (the profession of teaching)
Synonym: ensinanza

Related terms

ensinar

Further reading

“ensino” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.

Portuguese

Pronunciation

Rhymes: -inu

(Brazil) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽˈsĩ.nu/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩˈsĩ.nu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽˈsi.no/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩˈsi.no/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ẽˈsi.nu/

Hyphenation: en‧si‧no

Etymology 1

Deverbal from ensinar (“to teach”), from Old Portuguese ensinar, from Vulgar Latin īnsignō (“to engrave”), Latin signum (“mark”), from Proto-Indo-European *sek- (“to cut”).

Noun

ensino m (usually uncountable, plural ensinos)

teaching (the profession of teaching)
Synonyms: instrução, educação, ensinamento, doutrina

Antonym: esquecimento

Derived terms

ensino fundamental (Brazil) / ensino básico (Portugal)
ensino médio (Brazil) / ensino secundário (Portugal)
ensino superior

Related terms

Verb

ensino

first-person singular present indicative of ensinar; "I teach"

Further reading

“ensino” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
“ensino” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

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