painço

Portuguese

painço (Panicum miliaceum)

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese painço, peinço (earlier *pãiço), from Late Latin pānīcium, from Latin pānīcum, from pānus (“ear of millet”). Doublet of panico.

Cognate with Galician paínzo and Spanish panizo.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /paˈĩ.su/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /paˈĩ.su/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /paˈĩ.so/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɐˈĩ.su/

• Hyphenation: pa‧in‧ço

Noun

painço m (plural painços)

1. millet, any grass in the genus Panicum

   Synonyms: mileto, milheto, milho-miúdo, pão-de-passarinho

   1. (specifically) Panicum miliaceum
2. (colloquial) money

Derived terms

• painçada
• painço-grande