ficción

See also: ficcion

Galician

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin fictiōnem. Cognate with Portuguese ficção.

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): (standard) /fikˈθjoŋ/ [fikˈθjoŋ]
  • IPA(key): (seseo) /fikˈsjoŋ/ [fikˈsjoŋ]

  • Rhymes: -oŋ

Noun

ficción f (plural ficcións)

  1. fiction (imaginary fact, fabulous invention)
  2. fiction (literary or cinematic creation in which the author makes an imaginary reading of reality)

Derived terms

  • ficción científica

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Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin fictiōnem. Cognate with English fiction.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fiɡˈθjon/ [fiɣ̞ˈθjõn] (Spain)
  • IPA(key): /fiɡˈsjon/ [fiɣ̞ˈsjõn] (Latin America, Philippines)
  • Rhymes: -on
  • Syllabification: fic‧ción

Noun

ficción f (plural ficciones)

  1. fiction
    • 2019 February 17, Francisco Martínez Hoyos, “10 idiomas que se crearon de la nada”, in La Vanguardia[1]:
      El klingon es el idioma que inventó en 1967 el lingüista Marc Okrand para un pueblo de guerreros humanoides en Star Trek, la popular saga de ciencia ficción.
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