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dono.

owner

4 characters2 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈdõ.nu/Brazil/ˈdo.nu/Portugal[ˈdwɐ.nu]

  1. owner

    masculine
    Sou o dono deste livro.

  2. patriarch; head of a home or family

    masculine

  3. master (used by a slave to address his owner)

    masculine · term-of-address
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese dono, from Late Latin domnus, from Latin dominus (“lord”), from domus (“house”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dṓm (“house”), from *dem- (“to build”). Compare Galician dono and Spanish dueño. Doublet of Dom and dominó.

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