"cantão" meaning in Portuguese

See cantão in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /kɐ̃ˈtɐ̃w̃/ [Brazil], [kɐ̃ˈtɐ̃ʊ̯̃] [Brazil], /kɐ̃ˈtɐ̃w̃/ [Portugal] Forms: cantões [plural]
Rhymes: -ɐ̃w̃ Etymology: Borrowed from French canton. By surface analysis, canto + -ão. Etymology templates: {{bor+|pt|fr|canton}} Borrowed from French canton, {{surf|pt|canto|-ão}} By surface analysis, canto + -ão Head templates: {{pt-noun|m}} cantão m (plural cantões)
  1. canton (state-level subdivision of Switzerland, Luxembourg and Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina) Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-cantão-pt-noun-72eCAMr5
  2. canton (subdivision of an arrondissement in France) Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-cantão-pt-noun-UneA8tSs
  3. (heraldry) canton (charge in upper dexter corner of shield) Tags: masculine Categories (topical): Heraldic charges, Administrative divisions
    Sense id: en-cantão-pt-noun-LZUrZrLb Disambiguation of Administrative divisions: 28 31 39 1 1 Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Portuguese entries with incorrect language header, Portuguese terms suffixed with -ão Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 21 16 33 13 17 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 15 10 60 4 12 Disambiguation of Portuguese entries with incorrect language header: 16 11 47 6 20 Disambiguation of Portuguese terms suffixed with -ão: 25 16 53 6 Topics: government, heraldry, hobbies, lifestyle, monarchy, nobility, politics
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: acantoar, acantonar
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /kɐ̃ˈtɐ̃w̃/ [Brazil], [kɐ̃ˈtɐ̃ʊ̯̃] [Brazil], /kɐ̃ˈtɐ̃w̃/ [Portugal] Forms: cantões [plural]
Rhymes: -ɐ̃w̃ Etymology: From canto + -ão. Etymology templates: {{affix|pt|canto|-ão}} canto + -ão Head templates: {{pt-noun|m}} cantão m (plural cantões)
  1. Augmentative of canto Tags: augmentative, form-of, masculine Form of: canto
    Sense id: en-cantão-pt-noun-gpFCHzCQ
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb

Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Etymology templates: {{nonlemma}} See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Head templates: {{head|pt|verb form}} cantão
  1. Obsolete spelling of cantam. Tags: alt-of, obsolete Alternative form of: cantam
    Sense id: en-cantão-pt-verb-tO8YFr7Q
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Inflected forms

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