Wiktionary

cã

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ca"

Aromanian edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Latin quod. Compare Romanian că.

Pronunciation edit

  • (file)

Conjunction edit

cã

  1. because

Portuguese edit

Pronunciation edit

  • Rhymes: -ɐ̃
  • Hyphenation: cã

Etymology 1 edit

From Old Galician-Portuguese cãa, from Latin cāna, neuter plural of cānus, or derived from the feminine of Portuguese cão. Compare Spanish cana.

Adjective edit

cã

  1. feminine singular of cão

Noun edit

cã f (plural cãs)

  1. grey hair
    Synonym: cabelo grisalho
Related terms edit

Etymology 2 edit

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese Can, from Medieval Latin canus, caanus, of Turkic origin, from Old Turkic xān (“Central Asian khan”), probably ultimately of non-Turkic (Central Asian) origin.[1]

Alternative forms edit

Noun edit

cã m (plural cãs)

  1. khan (a ruler over various Turkish, Tatar and Mongol peoples in the Middle Ages)
    Synonym: grão-mogol
Derived terms edit

References edit

  1. ^ “khan”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.

Romagnol edit

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

cã m (plural chẽ) (Faenza, Old Faentino, Ravenna)

  1. dog
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