funcionário

See also: funcionario

Portuguese

Etymology

From French fonctionnaire.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /fũ.si.oˈna.ɾi.u/ [fũ.sɪ.oˈna.ɾɪ.u], (faster pronunciation) /fũ.sjoˈna.ɾju/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /fũ.si.oˈna.ɾi.u/ [fũ.sɪ.oˈna.ɾɪ.u], (faster pronunciation) /fũ.sjoˈna.ɾju/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /fũ.si.oˈna.ɾi.o/ [fũ.sɪ.oˈna.ɾɪ.o], (faster pronunciation) /fũ.sjoˈna.ɾjo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /fũ.sjuˈna.ɾju/

Noun

funcionário m (plural funcionários, feminine funcionária, feminine plural funcionárias)

1. official
2. functionary

Further reading

• “funcionário”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024