arrais
Portuguese, noun/aˈʁajs/
arrais is spelled A-R-R-A-I-S (6 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese, the 53,221st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Arrais is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “harbourmaster; skipper” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “pessoa habilitada para dirigir embarcação de tráfego portuário”.
What does arrais mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineharbourmaster; skipper
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. pessoa habilitada para dirigir embarcação de tráfego portuário 2. prático
noun: 1. plural de arrais
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 arrais
- arraises plural proscribed
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce arrais?
- Brazil /aˈʁajs/
- Brazil [aˈhaɪ̯s]
- /aˈʁajʃ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is arrais in Portuguese?
arrais appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).