altar
Portuguese, noun/awˈtaʁ/
altar is spelled A-L-T-A-R (5 letters) and appears 8.7 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 8,159th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Altar is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “altar (flat-topped structure used for religious rites)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “estrutura elevada perante a qual cerimônias religiosas são realizadas ou na qual sacrifícios podem ser…”.
What does altar mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinealtar (flat-topped structure used for religious rites)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. estrutura elevada perante a qual cerimônias religiosas são realizadas ou na qual sacrifícios podem ser oferecidos aos deuses, ancestrais, etc 2. estrutura, via de regra uma mesa, na qual os ofícios divinos são recitados e na qual a eucaristia é celebrada em igrejas cristãs
noun: 1. constelação austral, que tem forma de altar
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 altar
- altares plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce altar?
- Brazil /awˈtaʁ/
- Brazil [aʊ̯ˈtah]
- /awˈtaɾ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to altar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is altar in Portuguese?
altar appears 8.7 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).