bastonário

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin *bastōnārius (“stick-carrier”). Compare French bâtonnier.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /bas.toˈna.ɾi.u/ [bas.toˈna.ɾɪ.u], (faster pronunciation) /bas.toˈna.ɾju/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /bas.toˈna.ɾi.u/ [bas.toˈna.ɾɪ.u], (faster pronunciation) /bas.toˈna.ɾju/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /baʃ.toˈna.ɾi.u/ [baʃ.toˈna.ɾɪ.u], (faster pronunciation) /baʃ.toˈna.ɾju/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /bas.toˈna.ɾi.o/ [bas.toˈna.ɾɪ.o], (faster pronunciation) /bas.toˈna.ɾjo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /bɐʃ.tuˈna.ɾju/

• Hyphenation: bas‧to‧ná‧ri‧o

Noun

bastonário m (plural bastonários)

1. president; chairperson (of a professional association)

   bastonário da Ordem dos Engenheiros

   president of the engineering association

Related terms

• bastão