saxão
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Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin Saxōnem (“a Saxon”), from Proto-Germanic *Sahsô, probably originally a derivative of *sahsą (“rock, knife”), from Proto-Indo-European *sek- (“to cut”).
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: sa‧xão
Noun
saxão m (plural saxões, feminine saxã, feminine plural saxãs)
- Saxon (member of the Saxons, an ancient Germanic tribe)
- Synonym: saxónico
- (uncountable) Saxon (language of the Saxons)
- Saxon (individual from the German state of Saxony)
Coordinate terms
- (member of the Saxons): See Thesaurus:germano
Derived terms
Adjective
saxão (feminine saxã, masculine plural saxões, feminine plural saxãs, not comparable)