alidade
Portuguese, noun/a.liˈda.d͡ʒi/
alidade is spelled A-L-I-D-A-D-E (7 letters) and appears about once in every 46 million words in written Portuguese, the 191,310th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Alidade is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “alidade (sighting device used for measuring angles)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “instrumento semelhante a uma régua, normalmente de madeira ou metal, que se desloca de modo circular em torno…”.
What does alidade mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininealidade (sighting device used for measuring angles)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. instrumento semelhante a uma régua, normalmente de madeira ou metal, que se desloca de modo circular em torno de uma escala, usada na topografia para a medição de ângulos
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 alidade
- alidades plural
- alidada alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce alidade?
- Brazil /a.liˈda.d͡ʒi/
- Portugal /ɐ.liˈda.dɨ/
- Portugal [ɐ.liˈða.ðɨ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to alidade
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is alidade in Portuguese?
alidade appears about once in every 46 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).