grão

See also: grao and graõ

Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

    Inherited from Latin grānum.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈɡɾã.u/

    Noun

    grão m (plural grãos)

    1. grain

    Descendants

    • Fala: gran
    • Galician: gran
    • Portuguese: grão, gram (obsolete), graõ (obsolete), grao (obsolete)
      • Macanese: grám

    References

    Portuguese

    Alternative forms

    Pronunciation

    • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈɡɾɐ̃w̃/ [ˈɡɾɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

    • Rhymes: -ɐ̃w̃
    • Hyphenation: grão

    Etymology 1

      From Old Galician-Portuguese grão, from Latin grānum. Cognate with Galician gran, Spanish grano, and Catalan gra.

      Noun

      grão m (plural grãos)

      1. grain, seed of various grass crops
      2. grain, similar particles of any substance
        Synonyms: glóbulo, partícula, grânulo
      3. (historical) grao, Portuguese grain, a former small Portuguese unit of length, equivalent to about 4.6 mm
      4. (historical) grao, Portuguese grain, a former small Portuguese unit of mass, equivalent to about 50 mg
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      Descendants
      • Macanese: grám

      Etymology 2

        From Old Galician-Portuguese gran, apocopic form of grande (great, big).

        Adjective

        grão (feminine grã, masculine plural grãos, feminine plural grãs)

        1. (prepositive, rare outside of compounds) grand; great; grand-
          Synonym: grande
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