gibão

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʒiˈbɐ̃w̃/ [ʒiˈbɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʒiˈbɐ̃w̃/ [ʒiˈβɐ̃w̃]

• Rhymes: -ɐ̃w̃
• Hyphenation: gi‧bão

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Old Italian gippone, giuppone, from Old Spanish aljuba, from Arabic الْجُبَّة (al-jubba). Doublet of aljuba.

Noun

gibão m (plural gibões)

1. jerkin (a type of close-fitting collarless jacket)

Etymology 2

From French gibbon.

Noun

gibão m (plural gibões)

1. gibbon (small ape of the family Hylobatidae)