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cão

cão

See also: Appendix:Variations of "cao"

Portuguese

cão

Noun

cão m (plural cães, feminine cadela, feminine plural cadelas)

  1. dog
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Etymology 2

From Old Portuguese cão, from Latin canus ‎(“gray”), from Proto-Indo-European *kas-.

Adjective

cão ‎(feminine singular cã, masculine plural cãos, feminine plural cãs, comparable)

  1. white-haired

Synonyms

Etymology

From Old Portuguese can, from Latin canis, canem, from Proto-Italic *kō (accusative *kwanem), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱwṓ (accusative *ḱwónm̥). Compare Galician can, Spanish can, Catalan ca, French chien, Italian cane, Romanian câine and Aromanian cãne.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkɐ̃w̃/
  • Hyphenation: cão
  • Rhymes: -ɐ̃w̃

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