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cinza

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Galician

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old Galician-Portuguese cĩisa, from Vulgar Latin root *cinisia, from Latin cinis.

Noun

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cinza f (plural cinzas)

  1. Alternative form of cinsa

References

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Portuguese

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Portuguese Wikipedia has an article on:
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cinza

Etymology

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From Old Galician-Portuguese cĩisa (ashes), from a Vulgar Latin root *cinisia (ashes (cold or warm)), from Latin cinis (cold ashes), from Proto-Indo-European *ken- (dust, ashes).

Cognate with Galician cinza, Spanish ceniza and Romanian cenușă.

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: cin‧za

Adjective

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cinza m or f (plural cinzas)

  1. grey

Noun

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cinza f (plural cinzas)

  1. ash, ashes

Derived terms

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Noun

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cinza m (plural cinzas)

  1. grey (colour)

See also

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Colors in Portuguese · cores (layout · text)
     branco, alvo, cândido      cinza, gris,
cinzento
     preto, negro, atro
             vermelho,
encarnado, rubro,
salmão; carmim
             laranja,
cor de laranja; castanho,
marrom
             amarelo, lúteo; creme,
ocre
             verde-limão              verde              verde-água; verde-menta
             ciano,
turquesa; azul-petróleo
             azul-bebê, azul-celeste              azul, índigo, anil
             violeta,
lilás
             magenta; roxo, púrpura              rosa,
cor-de-rosa, rosa-choque