arabesco
Portuguese, noun/a.ɾaˈbes.ku/
arabesco is spelled A-R-A-B-E-S-C-O (8 letters) and appears about once in every 12 million words in written Portuguese, the 106,884th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Arabesco is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “arabesque (ornamental design used in Islamic Art)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ornato caprichoso, de estilo árabe”.
What does arabesco mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinearabesque (ornamental design used in Islamic Art)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ornato caprichoso, de estilo árabe
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 arabesco
- arabescos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce arabesco?
- Brazil /a.ɾaˈbes.ku/
- /a.ɾaˈbeʃ.ku/
- Portugal /ɐ.ɾɐˈbeʃ.ku/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to arabesco
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is arabesco in Portuguese?
arabesco appears about once in every 12 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).