abdicació

Catalan

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin abdicātiō. By surface analysis, abdicar +‎ -ció.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern) [əb.di.kə.siˈu]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Central) [əb.di.kə.siˈo]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [ab.di.ka.siˈo]

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• Rhymes: -o
• Hyphenation: ab‧di‧ca‧ci‧ó

Noun

abdicació f (plural abdicacions)

1. abdication (action of abdicating)
2. (law) abdication (abandonment or voluntary renunciation of a position, a dignity, a privilege or another right, after having possessed it)

Related terms

adjectives

• abdicatiu

Further reading

• “abdicació”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “abdicació”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007