sílex
Spanish, noun/ˈsileɡs/
sílex is spelled S-Í-L-E-X (5 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Spanish, the 68,358th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sílex is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “flint” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Pedernal”.
What does sílex mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineflint
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Pedernal.
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.
How do you pronounce sílex?
- /ˈsileɡs/
- [ˈsi.leɣ̞s]
- [ˈsileks]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to sílex
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is sílex in Spanish?
sílex appears about once in every 3 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).