See also: chao, Chao, chāo, cháo, chǎo, and chào

Old PortugueseEdit

PronunciationEdit

Etymology 1Edit

Inherited from Latin plānum (level ground).

NounEdit

chão m (plural chãos)

  1. ground, floor
    • Como hũa moller que perigoóu no mar. ⁊ tragia un fillo pequeno nos braços. ⁊ fezea ſanta maria per címa das aguas andar de pé aſſi como ẏria per un muí bon chão.
      How a woman who sank in the sea. And had a small child in her arms. And Holy Mary brought her over the water to walk as she would in a good floor.
  2. flatland, plain
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DescendantsEdit
  • Galician: chan, chá, chao
  • Portuguese: chão

Etymology 2Edit

From Latin plānus (flat), from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂- (flat).

AdjectiveEdit

chão (plural chãos, feminine chãa, feminine plural chãas)

  1. flat, smooth
DescendantsEdit

PortugueseEdit

Alternative formsEdit

PronunciationEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Old Portuguese chão (ground), inherited from Latin plānum (level ground) < plānus, from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂- (flat). Compare Galician chan and Spanish llano. See also the borrowed doublet plano and the semi-learned porão.

NounEdit

chão m (plural chãos)

  1. ground, soil, earth
    Synonyms: solo, terra
  2. floor
    Não deixe cair nada no chão.Don't let anything fall to the floor.
    Synonyms: assoalho, piso
  3. (poetic) land
    Este é o nosso chão.This is our land.
    Synonym: terra
  4. (geography, obsolete) plain
    Synonym: chã
  5. (Brazil, informal) a period of time between the present and a future event
    Ainda tem um chão até o dia de eu me mudar.There is still some time until the day I will move.
    Synonym: tempo
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Etymology 2Edit

From Old Portuguese chão (flat, smooth), from Latin plānus. Doublet of plano, as above, and piano.

AdjectiveEdit

chão (feminine chã, masculine plural chãos, feminine plural chãs)

  1. flat, level, even, smooth

VietnameseEdit

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NounEdit

chão (𥿣, 𦄹)

  1. rope; cord; cable (typically braided)

NounEdit

chão (𧊌)

  1. (in compounds) frog

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