cidadão

See also: cidadaõ

Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

From cidade (“city”) +‎ -ão (“-an”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /t͡si.da.ˈdã.u/

Noun

cidadão m (plural cidadãos)

  1. citizen

Descendants
  • Galician: cidadán
  • Portuguese: cidadão

Further reading

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese cidadão. By surface analysis, cidade (“city”) +‎ -ão (“-an”).[1][2] Compare Galician cidadán and Spanish ciudadano.

Pronunciation
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /si.daˈdɐ̃w̃/ [si.daˈdɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /si.dɐˈdɐ̃w̃/ [si.ðɐˈðɐ̃w̃]

  • Hyphenation: ci‧da‧dão

Noun

cidadão m (plural cidadãos, feminine cidadã, feminine plural cidadãs)

  1. citizen
    1. member of a State
    2. resident of a city
  2. (informal) individual, person

Derived terms

References
  1. “cidadão” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
  2. “cidadão” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
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