florão
Portuguese
Etymology
Probably borrowed from Italian florone.[1] By surface analysis, flor + -ão.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /floˈɾɐ̃w̃/ [floˈɾɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /fluˈɾɐ̃w̃/
- Hyphenation: flo‧rão
Noun
florão m (plural florões)
- crocket (floral decoration)
References
Further reading
- “florão”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “florão”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026