costume

Meaning

1. (masculine) custom; tradition (traditional practice or behavior)
2. (masculine) custom; habit (action done on a regular basis)
3. (masculine) custom (long-established practice, considered as unwritten law)

Pronounced as (IPA)

[kosˈtumɪ]

Etymology

Inherited from Latin: consuetudo

In summary

PIE word
*ḱóm
PIE word
*swé
From Old Galician-Portuguese costume, custume (13th c., Cantigas de Santa Maria); inherited from Latin consuētūdinem.

Sentences

É costume entre as autoridades que van entrando recoller algunha das pedras do chan .

It is customary among the authorities that they go in to collect some of the stones from the ground.

Progresivamente iniciouse o costume de transportar as reliquias á igrexa local ou doutras localidades.

Gradually the custom of transporting the relics to the local church or other localities began.