latão
Portuguese edit
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: la‧tão
Etymology 1 edit
From lata (“can”) + -ão (augmentative suffix).
Noun edit
latão m (plural latões)
- Augmentative of lata
- Synonym: latona
Quotations edit
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)
- brass (alloy of copper and zinc)
Quotations edit
For quotations using this term, see Citations:latão.