carvão

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese carvon, from Latin carbōnem, from Proto-Indo-European *ker (to burn). Doublet of carbono.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /kaʁˈvɐ̃w̃/ [kaɦˈvɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /kaɾˈvɐ̃w̃/ [kaɾˈvɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /kaʁˈvɐ̃w̃/ [kaʁˈvɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /kaɻˈvɐ̃w̃/ [kaɻˈvɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
 

  • Rhymes: -ɐ̃w̃
  • Hyphenation: car‧vão

Noun

carvão m (plural carvões)

  1. coal
  2. charcoal
  3. smut (range of fungi that cause crop disease); fungus of the genus Ustilago