portugais

See also: Portugais

French

Etymology

From Portuguese português, replacing earlier Portugalois.

Pronunciation

• (Belgium, France) IPA^(key): /pɔʁ.ty.ɡɛ/

• Audio (France)

  (file)

• (Southern France) IPA^(key): /pɔʁ.ty.ˈɡe/
• (Quebec) IPA^(key): /pɔʁ.t͡sʏ.ɡe/

Noun

portugais m (uncountable)

1. Portuguese, the Portuguese language

Derived terms

• portugais brésilien
• portugais européen
• portugais du Brésil
• portugais du Portugal

Adjective

portugais (feminine portugaise, masculine plural portugais, feminine plural portugaises)

1. Portuguese

Derived terms

• chien d’eau portugais

See also

• Portugal

Further reading

• “portugais”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.