canción

See also: cancion

Asturian

Etymology

From Latin cantiōnem. Cf. Spanish canción.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kanˈθjon/ [kãn̟ˈθjõŋ]
• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: can‧ción

Noun

canción f (plural canciones)

1. song

Related terms

• cantar
• canciu

Further reading

• “canción” in Diccionariu de la llingua asturiana (1ª edición). Academia de la Llingua Asturiana (2000). →ISBN.

Galician

Alternative forms

• cançom, canção (reintegrationist)

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese cançon (altered by influence of the learned suffix -ción), inherited from Latin cantiōnem. Cf. Spanish canción.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kanˈθjoŋ/ [kɑn̪ˈθjoŋ]

• IPA^(key): (standard) /kanˈθjoŋ/ [kɑn̪ˈθjoŋ]
• IPA^(key): (seseo) /kanˈsjoŋ/ [kɑnˈsjoŋ]

• Rhymes: -oŋ
• Hyphenation: can‧ción

Noun

canción f (plural cancións)

1. song

   Synonym: cantiga

Related terms

• cantar

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022), “cançon”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018), “canç”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “canción”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “canción”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “canción”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Further reading

• “canción”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025

Spanish

Etymology

Semi-learned borrowing from Latin cantiōnem f (accusative singular), modified from the original Old Spanish cançón f, which was directly inherited, based on -ción. Compare Portuguese canção f, Catalan cançó f, French chanson f, Italian canzone f. Doublet of chanson m. Compare English cantor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kanˈθjon/ [kãn̟ˈθjõn] (Spain)
• IPA^(key): /kanˈsjon/ [kãnˈsjõn] (Latin America, Philippines)

• Audio (Colombia):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: can‧ción

Noun

canción f (plural canciones)

1. song

Derived terms

• canción de cuna
• canción de gesta
• canción de trilla
• canción protesta
• cancionista
• nueva canción
• ser otra canción

Related terms

• cantar

Further reading

• “canción”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024

Anagrams

• cocinan