chapéu

See also: chapeu and chapèu

Portuguese

Chapéu

Alternative forms

chapeo (obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French chapel, from Early Medieval Latin cappellus, from Late Latin cappa. Doublet of capelo.

Compare Galician chapeu, Spanish chapeo, chapeau, Catalan capell, Occitan capèl, French chapeau, and Italian cappello (the Galician and Spanish also being borrowings from French).

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʃaˈpɛw/ [ʃaˈpɛʊ̯]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʃɐˈpɛw/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃɐˈpɛw/

Rhymes: -ɛw
Hyphenation: cha‧péu

Noun

chapéu m (plural chapéus)

hat (head covering)
(regional) umbrella
Synonyms: chapéu-de-chuva, guarda-chuva
(regional) parasol
Synonyms: chapéu-de-sol, guarda-sol
(informal) circumflex accent (the diacritic mark ^)
Synonyms: acento circunflexo, circunflexo
(Portugal, soccer, handball) chip (a goal by passing the ball over the keeper)

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:chapéu.

Descendants

Ladino: chapeo
→ Manado Malay: capeo (“hat”)
→ Swahili: chepeo

Interjection

chapéu

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