cantonês

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See also: cantones, cantonés, and cantonès

Portuguese

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /kɐ̃.toˈne(j)s/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /kɐ̃.toˈne(j)ʃ/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐ̃.tuˈneʃ/

Hyphenation: can‧to‧nês

Adjective

cantonês (feminine cantonesa, masculine plural cantoneses, feminine plural cantonesas)

Cantonese (relating to Canton)
Cantonese (relating to the Cantonese people)
Cantonese (relating to the Cantonese language)

Noun

cantonês m (plural cantoneses, feminine cantonesa, feminine plural cantonesas)

Cantonese (person from Canton)
(uncountable) Cantonese (language)

Further reading

“cantonês”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

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