cão

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See also: Appendix:Variations of "cao"

Galician

Noun

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

  1. reintegrationist spelling of can

References

  • “cão” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Latin cānum. Doublet of cano, a borrowing from Old Spanish.

Pronunciation

Adjective

cão (plural cãos, feminine cãa, feminine plural cãas)

  2. white-haired
    Synonym: cano

Descendants

  • Galician: Cao
  • Portuguese: cão

Portuguese

cão (etymology 1)

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese can, from Latin canis, canem. Compare Galician and Spanish can.

Noun

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

  1. dog
    Synonyms: (Brazil) cachorro, (rare) perro
  2. (colloquial, epithetic) the Devil
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:Satã
  3. (firearms) hammer
  4. (historical, weaponry) a type of artillery
Usage notes

In Brazil, cão is somewhat formal, and cachorro is the most common term in neutral or informal contexts.

Derived terms

Etymology 2

cão (etymology 2)

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese cão, from Latin cānus (“gray”), from Proto-Italic *kaznos, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱas-. Cognate with Spanish cano.

Adjective

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

  2. (archaic) white-haired
    Synonym: grisalho

Etymology 3

From Persian خان. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Alternative forms

Noun

cão m (plural cãos)

  1. (Portugal) khan

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