/paˈboŋ/, [paˈβ̞oŋ]
OriginFrom Old Galician-Portuguese pavon (independently attested in both corpora), from Latin pāvōnem, accusative singular of pāvō.
- masculinepeacock
“o pauõ mostra a vida dos rricos, que ẽnobreçẽ, et afeytam, et cõpoem suas deanteyras et leyxam descuberta moy torpemẽte sua postromaria” — the peacocks show the lifestyle of the rich people, who grace, and adorn, and set up their front sides and let their backsides clumsily uncovered
Formspavóns(plural) · pavom(alternative) · pavão(alternative)