uzbeque

== Portuguese == === Alternative forms === usbeque (prescriptive, since 1943 in Brazil and 1945 in Portugal) === Etymology === Ultimately from Uzbek oʻzbek. === Pronunciation === Rhymes: (Brazil) -ɛki, (Portugal) -ɛkɨ Hyphenation: uz‧be‧que === Adjective === uzbeque m or f (plural uzbeques) (sometimes proscribed) Uzbek (of or relating to Uzbekistan) === Noun === uzbeque m or f by sense (plural uzbeques) (sometimes proscribed) Uzbek (person from Uzbekistan) === Noun === uzbeque m (uncountable) (sometimes proscribed) Uzbek (the language of Uzbekistan) ==== Usage notes ==== Although the Orthographic Form of 1943, the Orthographic Agreement of 1945 and the Portuguese Language Orthographic Agreement of 1990 prescribe the spellings usbeque and Usbequistão, the spellings with ⟨z⟩ have been more common according to Corpus do Português, and most dictionaries and vocabularies accept both options. ==== Related terms ==== Uzbequistão === References === === Further reading === “uzbeque”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “uzbeque”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2026 “uzbeque”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026 “uzbeque”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN “uzbeque”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026