gibão

Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ʒiˈbɐ̃w̃/ [ʒiˈbɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ʒiˈbɐ̃w̃/ [ʒiˈβɐ̃w̃]

  • Rhymes: -ɐ̃w̃
  • Hyphenation: gi‧bão

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Old Italian gippone, giuppone, from Old Spanish aljuba, from Arabic الْجُبَّة (al-jubba). Doublet of aljuba.

Noun

gibão m (plural gibões)

  1. jerkin (a type of close-fitting collarless jacket)

Etymology 2

From French gibbon.

Noun

gibão m (plural gibões)

  1. gibbon (small ape of the family Hylobatidae)

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