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extrema-unção

Portuguese, noun/isˌtɾẽ.mɐ.ũˈsɐ̃w̃/

extrema-unção is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “Anointing of the Sick (sacrament given to a dying person)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “sacramento católico ministrado a enfermos graves ou mesmo moribundos”.

What does extrema-unção mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    feminineAnointing of the Sick (sacrament given to a dying person)

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

noun: 1. sacramento católico ministrado a enfermos graves ou mesmo moribundos

The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.

Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of extrema-unção

  • extremas-unções plural
  • extrema-unções plural
  • extremunção alternative

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce extrema-unção?

  • Brazil /isˌtɾẽ.mɐ.ũˈsɐ̃w̃/
  • Brazil [isˌtɾẽ.mɐ.ũˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
  • Brazil /esˌtɾẽ.mɐ.ũˈsɐ̃w̃/

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.