🇵🇹 portugais

costumes

Did you know? This word is a cognate — it looks similar in English and has the same meaning. Cognates are usually easier to remember!
masculine

os costumes

customs

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costumes
/us kosˈtumis/
← masculine feminine →

Comment dit-on costumes en portugais ?

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/us kosˈtumis/

How do you pronounce costumes in portugais?

costumes is pronounced /us kosˈtumis/ in portugais.

Exemples de phrases

O costume antigo de usar chapéu era muito importante na sociedade.

The old custom of wearing a hat was very important in society.

Aquele costume tradicional foi preservado cuidadosamente pelos moradores locais.

That traditional custom was carefully preserved by the local residents.

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Pourquoi est-ce masculine ?

Costumes (costume/hábito) is masculine in Portuguese because it derives from Latin "consuetudo" (habit, custom). However, "consuetudo" was feminine in Latin (third declension, -o nominative ending feminine nouns). The masculine gender in Portuguese likely resulted from semantic shift and analogy with other masculine nouns, or from influence of the related Latin "consuetus" (accustomed, masculine adjective) during the evolution to Portuguese.

Comment dit-on customs en portugais ?

En portugais, customs se dit os costumes — masculine.

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