algodão

Portuguese

algodão

Etymology

Etymology tree

Aramaic כִיתָנָא / כִיתָאנָא (kittānā)bor.

substrateder.

Classical Syriac ܟܶܬܳܢܳܐ (kettānā)bor.

Arabic قُطْن (quṭn)

Andalusian Arabic قطن (quṭun)bor.

Portuguese algodão

Borrowed from Andalusian Arabic قطن (quṭun), from Arabic قُطْن (quṭn). Doublet of cotão.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aw.ɡuˈdɐ̃w̃/ [aʊ̯.ɡuˈdɐ̃ʊ̯̃], /aw.ɡoˈdɐ̃w̃/ [aʊ̯.ɡoˈdɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /al.ɡuˈdɐ̃w̃/ [aɫ.ɣuˈðɐ̃w̃]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /al.ɡuˈdɐ̃w̃/ [aɫ.ɣuˈðɐ̃w̃]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /al.ɡuˈdɐ̃w̃/ [aɫ.ɡuˈdɐ̃w̃]

• Rhymes: -ɐ̃w̃
• Hyphenation: al‧go‧dão

Noun

algodão m (plural algodões)

1. cotton (plant)
2. (uncountable) the fibre extracted from the plant
3. (uncountable) the cloth made from the fibre

Derived terms

• algodão-doce

Further reading

• “algodão”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “algodão”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026