muçulmano

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• mussulmano (pre-standardization spelling)

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish مسلمان (muslimân), from Persian مسلمان (mosalmân), from Arabic مُسْلِم (muslim). Use of ⟨ç⟩ instead of ⟨s⟩ is phonetic, not etymological. Compare French musulman.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /mu.suwˈmɐ̃.nu/ [mu.suʊ̯ˈmɐ̃.nu]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mu.sulˈmɐ.nu/ [mu.suɫˈmɐ.nu]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mu.sulˈmɐ.nu/ [mu.suɫˈmɐ.nu]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /mu.sulˈma.nu/ [mu.suɫˈma.nu]

• Rhymes: -ɐnu
• Hyphenation: mu‧çul‧ma‧no

Adjective

muçulmano (feminine muçulmana, masculine plural muçulmanos, feminine plural muçulmanas)

1. Muslim

   Synonyms: agareno, islâmico, islamita, maometano, mafamético

Noun

muçulmano m (plural muçulmanos, feminine muçulmana, feminine plural muçulmanas)

1. Muslim

   Synonyms: agareno, islamita, maometano

Derived terms

• antimuçulmano

Related terms

• islã / islão
• salamaleque

Further reading

• “muçulmano”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “muçulmano”, in Dicionário Infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “muçulmano”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
• “muçulmano”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026