cantonês

See also: cantones, cantonés, and cantonès

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kɐ̃.toˈne(j)s/ [kɐ̃.toˈne(ɪ̯)s]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kɐ̃.toˈne(j)s/ [kɐ̃.toˈne(ɪ̯)s]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /kɐ̃.toˈne(j)ʃ/ [kɐ̃.toˈne(ɪ̯)ʃ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐ̃.tuˈneʃ/

• Hyphenation: can‧to‧nês

Adjective

cantonês (feminine cantonesa, masculine plural cantoneses, feminine plural cantonesas)

1. Cantonese (relating to Canton)
2. Cantonese (relating to the Cantonese people)
3. Cantonese (relating to the Cantonese language)

Noun

cantonês m (plural cantoneses, feminine cantonesa, feminine plural cantonesas)

1. Cantonese (person from Canton)
2. (uncountable) Cantonese (language)

Further reading

• “cantonês”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024