embasamento

Portuguese

Etymology

From embasar +‎ -mento.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽˌba.zaˈmẽ.tu/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩˌba.zaˈmẽ.tu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽˌba.zaˈmẽ.to/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩˌba.zaˈmẽ.to/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ẽˌba.zɐˈmẽ.tu/

Hyphenation: em‧ba‧sa‧men‧to

Noun

embasamento m (plural embasamentos)

(architecture) foundation (the base of a building)
(figurative) basis (base or foundation for an argument or hypothesis)
plinth (base of a column, statue or pedestal)
(geology) basement (mass of rock underlying sedimentary cover)

Synonyms

(foundation): fundação
(basis): base, fundação

Derived terms

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