camaleão
Portuguese edit
Alternative forms edit
- chamaleão (obsolete)
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin chamaeleon, from Ancient Greek χαμαιλέων (khamailéōn) from χαμαί (khamaí, “on the earth, on the ground”) + λέων (léōn, “lion”). Second -a-, and Brazilian pronunciation with a nasal vowel, by folk etymology, interpreting the term as a compound of cama (“bed”) and leão (“lion”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
camaleão m (plural camaleões)
- chameleon (reptile)