Alternative forms

• cânon

Etymology

Borrowed from LatinCategory:Portuguese terms borrowed from Latin#CANONECategory:Portuguese terms derived from Latin#CANONE canōn, from Ancient GreekCategory:Portuguese terms derived from Ancient Greek#CANONE κανών (kanṓn, “measuring rod, standard”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: câ‧no‧ne

Noun

cânone m (plural cânones)Category:Portuguese lemmas#CANONECategory:Portuguese nouns#CANONECategory:Portuguese countable nouns#CANONECategory:Portuguese entries with incorrect language header#CANONECategory:Portuguese masculine nouns#CANONECategory:Pages with entries#CÂNONECategory:Pages with 1 entry#CÂNONE

1. canon (generally accepted principle)
2. round (song that is sung by groups of people with each subset of people starting at a different time)

   Synonym: ronda

Further reading

• “cânone”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “cânone”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026