cão

See also: Appendix:Variations of "cao"

Galician

Noun

cão m (plural cães, feminine cadela, feminine plural cadelas, reintegrationist norm)

1. reintegrationist spelling of can

References

• “cão”, in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2026

Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Latin cānum. Doublet of cano, a borrowing from Old Spanish.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkã.u/

Adjective

cão (plural cãos, feminine cãa, feminine plural cãas)

2. white-haired

   Synonym: cano

Descendants

• Galician: Cao (surname)
• Portuguese: cão

Portuguese

cão (etymology 1)

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkɐ̃w̃/ [ˈkɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈkɐ̃w̃/

• Audio (Central-West Brazil):

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• Audio (Portugal (Porto)):

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• Rhymes: -ɐ̃w̃
• Hyphenation: cão

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ḱwṓder.

Latin canēs

Latin canem

Old Galician-Portuguese can

Portuguese cão

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese can, from Latin canem. Compare Galician and Spanish can.

Noun

cão m (plural cães, feminine cadela, feminine plural cadelas)

1. dog

   Synonyms: (Brazil) cachorro, (rare) perro

2. (colloquial, epithetic) the Devil

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:Satã

3. (firearms) hammer
4. (historical, weaponry) a type of artillery

Usage notes

In Brazil, cão is somewhat formal, and cachorro is the most common term in neutral or informal contexts.

Derived terms

• canzarrão
• cão chupando manga
• cão de água
• cão de água português
• cão de caça
• cão de colo
• cão de fila
• cão de guarda
• cão de serviço
• cão policial / cão-polícia
• cão que ladra não morde / cão que late não morde
• cão-da-pradaria
• cão-dos-prados
• cão-guia
• cão-lobo
• cão-pastor
• cão-salsicha
• cão-tinhoso
• cãozinho
• cãozito
• quem não tem cão, caça com gato
• rosa-de-cão

Related terms

• canalha
• Canárias
• canário
• cani-
• caniche
• canicho
• canídeo
• canídromo
• canineiro
• canino
• canito
• cino-
• cinódromo

Etymology 2

cão (etymology 2)

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese cão, from Latin cānus (“gray”), from Proto-Italic *kaznos, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱas-. Cognate with Spanish cano.

Adjective

cão (feminine cã, masculine plural cãos, feminine plural cãs)

2. (archaic) white-haired

   Synonym: grisalho

Related terms

• cã

Etymology 3

Derived from Persian خان. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Alternative forms

• cã (Brazil)

Noun

cão m (plural cãos)

1. (Portugal) khan

Further reading

• cão on the Portuguese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^pt
• “cão”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
• “cão”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “cão”, in Dicionário Infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “cão”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN