cifrão
See also: cifraõ
Portuguese
cifrão (dollar sign)
cifrão (symbol used for various currencies of Portuguese-speaking countries)
Etymology 1
From cifra (“cipher”) + -ão (augmentative suffix).
Alternative forms
- cifraõ (obsolete)
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /siˈfɾɐ̃w̃/ [siˈfɾɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /siˈfɾɐ̃w̃/
(file) - Rhymes: -ɐ̃w̃
- Hyphenation: ci‧frão
Noun
cifrão m (plural cifrões)
- dollar sign (the symbol $, used to represent the dollar and the peso)
- a symbol similar to $, but with two vertical strokes, used to represent various currencies of Portuguese-speaking countries
Related terms
- cifrado
- cifrante
- cifrar
- cifreiro
See also
- Unsupported titles/Cifrão
Pronunciation
See cifram.
Verb
cifrão
- Obsolete spelling of cifram