cantão

See also: cantao and Cantão

Portuguese

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French canton. By surface analysis, canto +‎ -ão.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kɐ̃ˈtɐ̃w̃/ [kɐ̃ˈtɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐ̃ˈtɐ̃w̃/

• Rhymes: -ɐ̃w̃
• Hyphenation: can‧tão

Noun

cantão m (plural cantões)

1. (government) canton (state-level subdivision of Switzerland, Luxembourg and Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina)
2. (government) canton (subdivision of an arrondissement in France)
3. (heraldry) canton (charge in upper dexter corner of shield)

Derived terms

• acantoar
• acantonar

Etymology 2

From canto +‎ -ão.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kɐ̃ˈtɐ̃w̃/ [kɐ̃ˈtɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐ̃ˈtɐ̃w̃/

• Rhymes: -ɐ̃w̃
• Hyphenation: can‧tão

Noun

cantão m (plural cantões)

1. Augmentative of canto

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

cantão

1. (obsolete) Pre-reform spelling (until Brazil 1943/Portugal 1911) of cantam, now a common misspelling.