cançó

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Latin cantiōnem. Cognate with Occitan cançon, French chanson, Italian canzone, Portuguese canção, and Spanish canción.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [kənˈso]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [kanˈso]

• Audio (Catalonia):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -o

Noun

cançó f (plural cançons)

1. song

Derived terms

• cançó de bressol
• cançó de gesta
• cançonaire
• cançoner

Related terms

• cant
• cantar
• cantor

Further reading

• “cançó”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “cançó”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)