canción

Asturian

Etymology

From Latin cantiō, cantiōnem. Cf. Spanish canción.

Noun

canción f (plural canciones)

1. song

Related terms

• cantar

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Galician

Etymology

From Latin cantiō, cantiōnem. Altered from Old Galician and Old Portuguese cançon, the inherited form from Latin, with the influence of the suffix -ción. Cf. Spanish canción.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kɑnˈθjoŋ], (western) [kɑnˈsjoŋ]

Noun

canción f (plural cancións)

1. song

   Synonym: cantiga

Related terms

• cantar

References

• “cançon” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
• “canç” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• “canción” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “canción” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “canción” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin cantiō, cantiōnem. Semi-learned term modified with the influence of the suffix -ción from the original Old Spanish form cançón, which was the directly inherited form (compare Portuguese canção, Catalan cançó, French chanson, Italian canzone). Doublet of chanson.

Pronunciation

• (Castilian) IPA^(key): /kanˈθjon/, [kãn̟ˈθjõn]
• (Latin America) IPA^(key): /kanˈsjon/, [kãnˈsjõn]
• Rhymes: -on
• Hyphenation: can‧ción

Noun

canción f (plural canciones)

1. song

Derived terms

• canción de cuna
• canción protesta

Related terms

• cantar

Anagrams

• cocinan