Masculine

⚰️

caixão

coffin

caixão funerário

φέρετρο

lijkkist

Frequency

Pronounced as (IPA)

/kajˈʃɐ̃w̃/

Cognate with French

caisson

Cognate with Spanish

cajón

In summary

From caixa (“box”) + -ão (augmentative suffix), from Latin capsa (“box”). Doublet of cajón, from Spanish.

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