monção

See also: monçaõ and Monção

Portuguese

monção

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مَوْسِم (mawsim).[1][2]

Pronunciation

  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /mõˈsɐ̃w̃/ [mõˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

  • Audio (Portugal):(file)
  • Homophone: Monção
  • Hyphenation: mon‧ção

Noun

monção f (plural monções)

  1. monsoon (tropical rainy season)
  2. (figurative) opportunity, occasion
  3. each of the several fluvial expeditions by 17th century Brazilian explorers

Descendants

  • → Catalan: monsó
  • → French: mousson

References

  1. ^ “monção”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
  2. ^ “monção”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
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