damão

See also: Damaõ and Damão

Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /daˈmɐ̃w̃/ [daˈmɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

  • Rhymes: -ɐ̃w̃
  • Hyphenation: da‧mão

Etymology 1

From French daman, from Arabic دَمَان إِسْرَائِيل (damān ʔisrāʔīl).

Noun

damão m (plural damões)

  1. hyrax (mammal of the order Hyracoidea)
    Synonyms: hirax, hírax
Usage notes

The gender of this Portuguese zoonym is always masculine: when the gender of the being itself must be specified, damão-macho for male and damão-fêmea for female. Here, fêmea is treated as an undeclinable noun and doesn't necessarily need to agree in gender with the referent, but would change to fêmeo if so.

Derived terms
  • damão-do-cabo
  • damão‑de‑bocage

Etymology 2

Noun

damão m (plural damões)

  1. augmentative of damo

Further reading

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