cantão

cantão

See also: cantao and Cantão

Portuguese

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French canton.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal, Brazil) IPA^(key): /kɐ̃.ˈtɐ̃w̃/

Noun

cantão m (plural cantões)

1. (government) canton (state-level subdivision of Switzerland, Luxembourg and Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina)
2. (government) canton (subdivision of an arrondissement in France)
3. (heraldry) canton (charge in upper dexter corner of shield)

Etymology 2

From canto +‎ -ão.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal, Brazil) IPA^(key): /kɐ̃.ˈtɐ̃w̃/

Noun

cantão m (plural cantões)

1. Augmentative of canto

Verb

cantão

1. Obsolete spelling of cantam