quinhão
Portuguese
Etymology
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese quinnon, from Latin quiniōnem (“a group of five”). Cognate with Galician quiñón.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /kĩˈɲɐ̃w̃/ [kĩˈj̃ɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /kiˈɲɐ̃w̃/ [kiˈɲɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /kiˈɲɐ̃w̃/
- Hyphenation: qui‧nhão
Noun
quinhão m (plural quinhões)
Descendants
- Indo-Portuguese: quião
Further reading
- “quinhão”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “quinhão”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026