chão

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See also: chao, Chao, chāo, cháo, chǎo, and chào

Old Galician-Portuguese

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Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin plānum (level ground, noun), from plānus (flat, adjective).

Noun

chão m (plural chãos)

  1. ground, floor
    • Como hũa moller que perigoóu no mar. ⁊ tragia un fillo pequeno nos braços. ⁊ fezea ſanta maria per címa das aguas andar de pé aſſi como ẏria per un muí bon chão.
      How a woman who sank in the sea. And had a small child in her arms. And Holy Mary brought her over the water to walk as she would in a good floor.
  2. flatland, plain
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Descendants
  • Galician: chan, chá, chao
  • Portuguese: chão (see there for further descendants)

Etymology 2

Inherited from Latin plānus (flat), from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂- (flat).

Adjective

chão (plural chãos, feminine chãa, feminine plural chãas)

  1. flat, smooth
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Portuguese

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Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese chão (ground), from Latin plānum (level ground) < plānus, from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂- (flat). Compare Galician chan and Spanish llano. Doublet of plano, porão, piano, and flete.

Noun

chão m (plural chãos)

  1. ground, soil, earth
    Synonyms: solo, terra
  2. floor
    Synonyms: assoalho, piso
    Não deixe cair nada no chão.Don't let anything fall to the floor.
  3. (poetic) land
    Synonym: terra
    Este é o nosso chão.This is our land.
  4. (geography, obsolete) plain
    Synonym: chã
  5. (Brazil, informal) a period of time between the present and a future event
    Synonym: tempo
    Ainda tem um chão até o dia de eu me mudar.There is still some time until the day I will move.
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Etymology 2

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese chão (flat, smooth), from Latin plānus. Doublet of plano, piano, lhano, and flat

Adjective

chão (feminine chã, masculine plural chãos, feminine plural chãs)

  1. flat, level, even, smooth
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Vietnamese

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Noun

(classifier sợi) chão (󱫍, 󱫅)

  1. rope; cord; cable (typically braided)

Noun

chão (𧊌)

  1. (in compounds) frog

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