carvão

Portuguese

carvão (1)

carvão (2)

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese carvon, from Latin carbōnem, from Proto-Indo-European *ker (“to burn”). Doublet of carbono.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaʁˈvɐ̃w̃/ [kaɦˈvɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaʁˈvɐ̃w̃/ [kaɦˈvɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /kaɾˈvɐ̃w̃/ [kaɾˈvɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /kaʁˈvɐ̃w̃/ [kaʁˈvɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaɻˈvɐ̃w̃/ [kaɻˈvɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐɾˈvɐ̃w̃/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐɾˈvɐ̃w̃/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐɾˈbɐ̃w̃/ [kɐɾˈβɐ̃w̃]

• Rhymes: -ɐ̃w̃
• Hyphenation: car‧vão

Noun

carvão m (plural carvões)

1. coal
2. charcoal
3. smut (range of fungi that cause crop disease); fungus of the genus Ustilago

Related terms

• carvoeiro