cidadão

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See also: cidadaõ

Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

From cidade (“city”) +‎ -ão (“-an”).

Pronunciation

Noun

cidadão m (plural cidadãos)

  1. citizen

Descendants

  • Galician: cidadán
  • Portuguese: cidadão

Further reading

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese cidadão. By surface analysis, cidade (“city”) +‎ -ão (“-an”).[1][2] Compare Galician cidadán and Spanish ciudadano.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: ci‧da‧dão

Noun

cidadão m (plural cidadãos, feminine cidadã, feminine plural cidadãs)

  1. citizen
    1. member of a State
    2. resident of a city
  2. (informal) individual, person

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ “cidadão”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
  2. ^ “cidadão”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Further reading

  • “cidadão” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
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