chantagem

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʃɐ̃ˈta.ʒẽj̃/ [ʃɐ̃ˈta.ʒẽɪ̯̃]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʃɐ̃ˈta.ʒɐ̃j̃/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʃɐ̃ˈta.ʒɐ̃j̃/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃɐ̃ˈta.ʒɐ̃j̃/

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -aʒẽj̃, (Portugal) -aʒɐ̃j̃
• Hyphenation: chan‧ta‧gem

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French chantage, from chanter + -age, from Middle French chanter, from Old French chanter, from Latin cantāre (“to sing”), frequentative of canō, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *keh₂n-.

Noun

chantagem f (plural chantagens)

1. blackmail

Etymology 2

From chantar (“to plant”) +‎ -agem.

Noun

chantagem f (plural chantagens)

1. planting

Etymology 3

From Latin plantāgō.

Noun

chantagem f (plural chantagens)

1. a tree from the species Plantago major