cantochão
Portuguese, noun/kɐ̃.toˈʃɐ̃w̃/
cantochão is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “plainsong” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “canto ordinário da Igreja Católica”.
What does cantochão mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineplainsong
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. canto ordinário da Igreja Católica 2. o mesmo que canto gregoriano (uma das formas do cantochão (1)) 3. coisa monótona, insistente ou repetida 4. sinceridade
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of cantochão
- cantochões plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cantochão?
- Brazil /kɐ̃.toˈʃɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [kɐ̃.toˈʃɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- Portugal /kɐ̃.tuˈʃɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to cantochão
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is cantochão in Portuguese?
cantochão appears about once in every 30 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).