funcionário

See also: funcionario

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from French fonctionnaire. By surface analysis, função +‎ -ário.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /fũ.si.oˈna.ɾi.u/ [fũ.sɪ.oˈna.ɾɪ.u], (faster pronunciation) /fũ.sjoˈna.ɾju/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /fũ.si.oˈna.ɾi.o/ [fũ.sɪ.oˈna.ɾɪ.o], (faster pronunciation) /fũ.sjoˈna.ɾjo/

  • Hyphenation: fun‧ci‧o‧ná‧ri‧o

Noun

funcionário m (plural funcionários, feminine funcionária, feminine plural funcionárias)

  1. official, functionary
  2. employee, staff member
    Hypernym: trabalhador

Derived terms

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