alface
Portuguese, noun/awˈfa.si/
alface is spelled A-L-F-A-C-E (6 letters) and appears 3.0 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 17,458th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Alface is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “lettuce (Lactuca sativa)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “planta herbácea da família das Compostas muito utilizada em saladas; de nome científico: Lactuca sativa”.
What does alface mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemasculinenonstandardlettuce (Lactuca sativa)
- 2
femininemasculinenonstandardany plant in the genus Lactuca
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. planta herbácea da família das Compostas muito utilizada em saladas; de nome científico: Lactuca sativa
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 alface
- alfaces plural
- alfacinha diminutive plural
- alfacezinha diminutive plural
- alfaça alternative obsolete
- alfasse alternative obsolete
- alfassa alternative obsolete
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce alface?
- Brazil /awˈfa.si/
- Brazil [aʊ̯ˈfa.si]
- Portugal /alˈfa.sɨ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to alface
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is alface in Portuguese?
alface appears 3.0 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).