adobe
Portuguese, noun/aˈdo.bi/
adobe is spelled A-D-O-B-E (5 letters) and appears 4.0 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 14,306th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Adobe is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “adobe (unburnt brick)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “argamassa estrutural ou tijolo feito com barro cru, areia, estrume e fibras vegetais”.
What does adobe mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineadobe (unburnt brick)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. argamassa estrutural ou tijolo feito com barro cru, areia, estrume e fibras vegetais
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of adobe
- adobes plural
- adobo alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce adobe?
- Brazil /aˈdo.bi/
- Portugal /ɐˈdo.bɨ/
- Portugal [ɐˈðo.βɨ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to adobe
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is adobe in Portuguese?
adobe appears 4.0 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).