cossaco

Portuguese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

  • 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

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