monção

See also: monçaõ and Monção

Portuguese

monção

Alternative forms

• moução, mouçaõ, mouçam, monçaõ, monçam (obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مَوْسِم (mawsim).

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /mõˈsɐ̃w̃/ [mõˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mõˈsɐ̃w̃/

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• Homophone: Monção
• Hyphenation: mon‧ção

Noun

monção f (plural monções)

1. monsoon (tropical rainy season)
2. (figurative) opportunity, occasion
3. each of the several fluvial expeditions by 17th century Brazilian explorers

Descendants

• → Catalan: monsó
• → French: mousson