garçom
Portuguese
Etymology
From French garçon (“waiter; boy”), from Middle French, from Old French garçun (“servant”, oblique case of gars), from Frankish *warkjon, wrakjon (“servant, boy”, oblique case of *warkjo, wrakjo), from Proto-Germanic *wrakjô (“exile, driven one”), from Proto-Indo-European *wreg- (“to drive”)
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ɡaʁ.ˈsõ/
Noun
garçom m (plural garçons, feminine garçonete, feminine plural garçonetes)
- waiter (a server in a restaurant or similar)
Synonyms
- copeiro, empregado de mesa
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