Portuguese

Noun

latão m (plural latões)

1. Augmentative of lata

Quotations

For usage examples of this term, see Citations:latão.

Synonyms

• latona

Etymology 2

From Old French laton, from Arabic لَاطُون ‎(lāṭūn, “copper, copper alloy”), from Ottoman Turkish [script needed] ‎(altın, “gold”), from Old Turkic altun ‎(“gold”), from Proto-Turkic *altɨn.

Noun

latão m (uncountable)

1. brass (alloy of copper and zinc)

Quotations

For usage examples of this term, see Citations:latão.

Meronyms

• cobre, zinco

Coordinate terms

• aço, bronze

Derived terms

• latão almirantado
• latão amarelo
• latão vermelho