Portugaise
French, noun
Portugaise is spelled P-O-R-T-U-G-A-I-S-E (10 letters) and appears 4.7 times per million words in written French, the 11,729th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Portugaise is a French feminine noun meaning “female equivalent of Portugais: female Portuguese (resident or native of Portugal)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). In lower case, portugaise is a different word: “feminine singular of portugais”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Habitante du Portugal”.
What does Portugaise mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininefemale equivalent of Portugais: female Portuguese (resident or native of Portugal)
adjective
- 1
femininefeminine singular of portugais
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Variété d’huître. 2. Monnaie d'or fabriquée au Portugal. 3. Oreille.
noun: 1. Habitante du Portugal.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Portugaise
- Portugaises plural
- portugaises plural
- Portugais masculine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to Portugaise
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Portugaise in French?
Portugaise appears 4.7 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).