cifrão

See also: cifraõ

Portuguese

cifrão (dollar sign)

cifrão (symbol used for various currencies of Portuguese-speaking countries)

Etymology 1

From cifra (“cipher”) ‎ -ão (augmentative suffix).

Alternative forms

• cifraõ (obsolete)

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /siˈfɾɐ̃w̃/ [siˈfɾɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /siˈfɾɐ̃w̃/

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• Rhymes: -ɐ̃w̃
• Hyphenation: ci‧frão

Noun

cifrão m (plural cifrões)

1. a symbol similar to $, but with two vertical strokes, used to represent various currencies of Portuguese-speaking countries
2. dollar sign (the symbol $, used to represent the dollar and the peso)

Related terms

• cifrado
• cifrante
• cifrar
• cifreiro

 

See also

• Unsupported titles/Cifrão

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

See cifram.

Verb

cifrão

1. Pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of cifram, now a common misspelling.