painço

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese painço, peinço (earlier *pãiço), from Late Latin pānīcium, from Latin pānīcum, from pānus (“ear of millet”). Doublet of panico.

Cognate with Galician paínzo and Spanish panizo.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /paˈĩ.su/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /paˈĩ.so/

  • Hyphenation: pa‧in‧ço

Noun

painço m (plural painços)

  1. millet, any grass in the genus Panicum
    Synonyms: mileto, milheto, milho-miúdo, pão-de-passarinho
    1. (specifically) Panicum miliaceum
  2. (colloquial) money

Derived terms

  • painçada
  • painço-grande
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