cantochão

Portuguese

Etymology

From canto (“chant”) + chão (“flat, plain”), from Ecclesiastical Latin cantus planus (“plainchant”).

Pronunciation

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐ̃.tu.ˈʃɐ̃w̃/
(Brazil) IPA^(key): /kɐ̃.to.ˈʃɐ̃w̃/
Hyphenation: can‧to‧chão

Noun

cantochão m (plural cantochões)

(music) plainsong

Derived terms

cantochanista

See also

canto gregoriano

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