onça
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Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Latin uncia (“twelfth part, trifle”), from ūnus (“one”), from Old Latin oinos, from Proto-Indo-European *óynos (“one, single”).
Noun[edit]
onça f (plural onças)
- ounce [28.3495 g mass; 29.573 ml volume (US) or 28.4 ml (UK)]
Etymology 2[edit]
From French once < Vulgar Latin *luncea < Latin lynx, from Ancient Greek λύγξ (lunks), from Proto-Indo-European *leuk- (“to shine, bright, to see”).
Noun[edit]
onça f (plural onças)
- jaguar (Panthera onca)
- (regional, Angola) leopard (Panthera pardus)
Synonyms[edit]
- (jaguar): jaguar, onça-pintada
- (leopard): pantera, leopardo
Related terms[edit]
Categories:
- Portuguese terms derived from Latin
- Portuguese terms derived from Old Latin
- Portuguese terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Portuguese nouns
- Portuguese terms derived from French
- Portuguese terms derived from Vulgar Latin
- Portuguese terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Portuguese regional terms
- Angolan Portuguese
- pt:Panthers
- pt:Units of measure
