avião
See also: aviaõ
Galician
Alternative forms
- avión (standard orthography)
- aviom (non-Lusist reintegrationist)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [aˈβi̯oŋ]
Noun
avião m (plural aviões, reintegrationist norm)
- reintegrationist spelling of avión
References
- “avião”, in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2026
Portuguese
Etymology 1
Borrowed from French avion (“airplane”),[1][2] coined by Clément Ader after Latin avis (“bird”).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /a.viˈɐ̃w̃/ [a.vɪˈɐ̃ʊ̯̃], (faster pronunciation) /aˈvjɐ̃w̃/ [aˈvjɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐˈvjɐ̃w̃/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐˈbjɐ̃w̃/ [ɐˈβjɐ̃w̃]
- Rhymes: -ɐ̃w̃
- Hyphenation: a‧vi‧ão
Noun
avião m (plural aviões)
- airplane
- Synonym: aeroplano
- (colloquial) attractive or well-endowed woman
Descendants
Etymology 2
Verb
avião
- obsolete spelling of haviam
References
- ^ “avião”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
- ^ “avião”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
Further reading
- “avião”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026