cossaco

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from French cosaque, from Polish Kozak. Doublet of cazaque.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /koˈsa.ku/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /koˈsa.ku/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /koˈsa.ko/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kuˈsa.ku/

• Rhymes: -aku
• Hyphenation: cos‧sa‧co

Adjective

cossaco (feminine cossaca, masculine plural cossacos, feminine plural cossacas)

1. (relational) Cossack (relating to the Cossacks, warlike peoples of Ukraine and the banks of the Don, who enjoyed a certain administrative autonomy, or to their descendants)

Noun

cossaco m (plural cossacos)

1. Cossack (member of the tsarist army recruited in certain regions of Southwestern Russia)
2. Cossack (individual of the Cossacks or their descendant)

Further reading

• “cossaco”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
• “cossaco”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024