paó

See also: Appendix:Variations of "pao"

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Old Catalan pahó, from Latin pāvōnem (accusative form). Doublet of pago, from the Latin nominative pāvō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern) [pəˈu]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Central) [pəˈo]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [paˈo]

• Audio (Catalonia):

  (file)

• Homophone: peó (Balearic, Central)
• Rhymes: -o

Noun

paó m (plural paons, feminine paona, feminine plural paones)

1. peacock

Derived terms

• paó de dia
• paó de nit xinés

References

• “paó”, 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
• “paó”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “paó” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “paó”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)