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Pronunciation edit

  • Hyphenation: la‧tão

Etymology 1 edit

From lata (can) +‎ -ão (augmentative suffix).

Noun edit

latão m (plural latões)

  1. Augmentative of lata
    Synonym: latona
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For quotations using this term, see Citations:latão.

Etymology 2 edit

From Old French laton, from Arabic لَاطُون (lāṭūn, copper, copper alloy), from Common Turkic *altun (gold). Compare Karakhanid اَلْتُونْ (altūn, gold).

Noun edit

latão m (uncountable)

  1. brass (alloy of copper and zinc)
Quotations edit

For quotations using this term, see Citations:latão.

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