Portuguese

== English == === Alternative forms === Portugueese, Portugueze (both obsolete) (misspelling) Portugese === Etymology === From Portuguese português. By surface analysis, Portugal +‎ -ese. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌpɔː.t͡ʃəˈɡiːz/ (General American, Canada) IPA(key): /ˌpoɹ.t͡ʃəˈɡiz/ (less common) IPA(key): /ˈpoɹ.t͡ʃəˌɡiz/ (Australian, New Zealand) IPA(key): /ˌpoː.t͡ʃəˈɡiːz/ Rhymes: -iːz === Adjective === Portuguese (comparative more Portuguese, superlative most Portuguese) Of or pertaining to Portugal. Of or pertaining to the people of Portugal or their culture. Hypernym: European Of or pertaining to the Portuguese language. Hypernym: Romance ==== Synonyms ==== Portingal (obsolete), Lusitanian ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Noun === Portuguese (plural Portuguese or (archaic) Portugueses) (chiefly in the plural) A person native to, or living in, Portugal. For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Portuguese. ==== Usage notes ==== As with other terms for people formed with -ese, the countable singular noun in reference to a person (as in "I am a Portuguese", "writing about Portuguese cuisine as a Portuguese") is now uncommon and often taken as grammatically incorrect. In its place, the adjective is used, by itself (as in "I am Portuguese") or before a noun like person, man, or woman ("writing about Portuguese cuisine as a Portuguese person"). See also -ish, which is similarly only primarily used as an adjective or as a plural noun. ==== Synonyms ==== Portingal (obsolete) Portugal (now rare) ==== Descendants ==== → Pohnpeian: Pwohtiki ==== Translations ==== === Proper noun === Portuguese A Romance language originating in Portugal, and now the official language of Portugal, Angola, Mozambique, São Tomé and Príncipe, Guiné Bissau (Guinea-Bissau), Cape Verde, East Timor, and Brazil. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== Wiktionary’s coverage of Portuguese terms Appendix:Portuguese Swadesh list for a Swadesh list of basic vocabulary words in Portuguese === Further reading === Portuguese - English Dictionary: from Webster's Dictionary - the Rosetta Edition. ISO 639-1 code pt, ISO 639-3 code por (SIL) Ethnologue entry for Portuguese, por ⁠