cartaz

Portuguese

Etymology

From Arabic قِرْطَاس (qirṭās), from Ancient Greek χάρτης (khártēs, “sheet of paper”), from χαράσσω (kharássō, “to scratch, to inscribe”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰer- (“to scratch”). Cognate to English chart. Doublet of carta.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaʁˈta(j)s/ [kahˈta(ɪ̯)s]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaʁˈta(j)s/ [kahˈta(ɪ̯)s]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /kaɾˈta(j)s/ [kaɾˈta(ɪ̯)s]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /kaʁˈta(j)ʃ/ [kaχˈta(ɪ̯)ʃ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaɻˈta(j)s/ [kaɻˈta(ɪ̯)s]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐɾˈtaʃ/

• Hyphenation: car‧taz

Noun

cartaz m (plural cartazes)

1. poster
   • 2003, J. K. Rowling, translated by Lia Wyler, Harry Potter e a Ordem da Fênix [Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix] (Harry Potter; 5), Rio de Janeiro: Rocco, →ISBN, page 455:

     Um grande cartaz fora afixado à vitrine, e alguns moradores de Hogsmeade o liam.

     A big poster had been attached on the showcase, and some people from Hogsmeade were reading it.

2. (music) lineup (acts performing at a concert or music festival)

Synonyms

• póster / pôster

Derived terms

• cabeça-de-cartaz
• cartazeiro
• cartazista
• em cartaz

 

Descendants

• → Tamil: கடுதாசி (kaṭutāci)
• → Malayalam: കടലാസ് (kaṭalāsŭ)
• → Thai: กระดาษ (grà-dàat)