chantagem

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French chantage,[1][2][3] from chanter + -age, from Middle French chanter, from Old French chanter, from Latin cantāre (to sing), frequentative of canō, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *keh₂n-.

Noun

chantagem f (plural chantagens)

  1. blackmail

Etymology 2

From chantar (to plant) +‎ -agem.[1]

Noun

chantagem f (plural chantagens)

  1. planting

Etymology 3

From Latin plantāgō.[1]

Noun

chantagem f (plural chantagens)

  1. a tree from the species Plantago major

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 chantagem”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 20032024
  2. ^ chantagem”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 20082024
  3. ^ chantagem”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 20082024