cotão
Portuguese, noun/koˈtɐ̃w̃/
cotão is spelled C-O-T-Ã-O (5 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written Portuguese, the 99,585th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cotão is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “lint (fine material made by scraping cotton or linen)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “volume de fibras têxteis desprendidas dos tecidos, lanugem”.
What does cotão mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinelint (fine material made by scraping cotton or linen)
- 2
masculinelint (fuzzy fluff that accumulates in pockets, navels, etc.)
- 3
masculinefine hair found on plants and fruits, such as peach velvet
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. volume de fibras têxteis desprendidas dos tecidos, lanugem 2. pubescência que recobre folhas, frutos, ou outras partes dos vegetais
noun: 1. grande cota, vestimenta medieval de guerra dos cavaleiros
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 cotão
- cotões plural
- cotaõ alternative obsolete
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cotão?
- Brazil /koˈtɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [koˈtɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- Portugal /kuˈtɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to cotão
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is cotão in Portuguese?
cotão appears about once in every 10 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).