"onça" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: onças [plural]
Etymology: From Portuguese onça, from Latin uncia (“unit, ¹⁄₁₂ pound”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *óynos (“one”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|pt|onça}} Portuguese onça, {{frac|12}} ¹⁄₁₂, {{der|en|la|uncia||unit, <small>¹<big>⁄</big>₁₂</small> pound}} Latin uncia (“unit, ¹⁄₁₂ pound”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*óynos||one}} Proto-Indo-European *óynos (“one”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} onça (plural onças)
  1. (historical) A traditional Portuguese unit of mass, usually equivalent to 28.7 g. Tags: historical Categories (topical): Units of measure Categories (place): Brazil, Portugal Synonyms: onca Coordinate_terms (unit of mass): grao (1⁄576 onça), vintem (1⁄256 onça), quilate (1⁄144 onça), escropulo (1⁄24 onça), oitava (1⁄8 onça), quarta (4 onças), marco (8 onças), libra (alt: usually 12 onças), arratel (16 onças)
    Sense id: en-onça-en-noun-~zUYtJMR Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries
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