sextante
Spanish, noun[seksˈt̪ãn̪t̪e]
sextante is spelled S-E-X-T-A-N-T-E (8 letters) and appears about once in every 7 million words in written Spanish, the 101,597th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sextante is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “sextant” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Instrumento para determinar la posición en el mar, por medio del ángulo que forman las visuales de dos…”.
What does sextante mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesextant
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Instrumento para determinar la posición en el mar, por medio del ángulo que forman las visuales de dos estrellas distintas. Su sector es de 60°, un sexto del círculo. 2. Sexta parte del círculo. 3. Moneda de cobre antigua usada por los romanos, que pesaba dos onzas y valía un sexto del as.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of sextante
- sextantes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sextante?
- [seksˈt̪ãn̪t̪e]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to sextante
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is sextante in Spanish?
sextante appears about once in every 7 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).