dragão
Portuguese
/dɾɐˈɣɐ̃w̃/, /dɾaˈɡɐ̃w̃/
noun
Definitions
- dragon mythic creature
- (heraldiccharge) dragon
- (military unit) dragoon soldier who uses horses for mobility but fights dismounted
- (slang) a very ugly woman
Etymology
Inherited from Old Portuguese dragon (dragon) inherited from Latin dracōnem derived from Ancient Greek δράκων (dragon, a dragon, a serpent of huge size, a python, serpent, giant seafish).
Origin
Ancient Greek
δράκων
Gloss
dragon, a dragon, a serpent of huge size, a python, serpent, giant seafish
Concept
Semantic Field
Animals
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
竜
Emoji
🐲
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Dracula English
- dragoon English
- drake English
- earth-drake English
- earthdrake English
- firedrake English
- icedrake English
- draco Latin
- draco, dracō, dracōnem Latin
- dracō Latin
- dracō, dracōnem Latin
- dracōnem Latin
- dragoncello Italian
- dragone Italian
- drac French
- dragon French
- дракон Russian
- dragonear Spanish, Castilian
- dragón Spanish, Castilian
- δράκαινα Ancient Greek
- δράκων Ancient Greek
- δρακόντινος Ancient Greek
- *derḱ- Proto-Indo-European
- drage Norwegian Bokmål
- drake Norwegian Bokmål
- drake Middle English
- dreki Old Norse
- dragoun Czech
- طَرْخُون Arabic
- dragon Old French
- drac Catalan, Valencian
- dragó Catalan, Valencian
- dragón Galician
- դրակոն Armenian
- drac Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- dragon Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- drăcie Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- drăcos Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- δράκοντας Greek (modern)
- דרקון Hebrew (modern)
- dragon Old Portuguese
- drac Occitan
- drac Old Occitan
- ⲇⲣⲁⲕⲱⲛ Coptic
- dragon Old Spanish