azimute
Portuguese, noun/a.ziˈmu.t͡ʃi/
azimute is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “azimuth (an arc of the horizon)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ângulo medido no plano horizontal entre o meridiano do lugar do observador e o plano vertical que contém o…”.
What does azimute mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineazimuth (an arc of the horizon)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ângulo medido no plano horizontal entre o meridiano do lugar do observador e o plano vertical que contém o ponto observado 2. num gravador, ângulo formado pela fita magnética em relação à fenda (entreferro) da parte dianteira da cabeça de gravação ou de reprodução 3. o ângulo que o plano de polarização da luz polarizada faz com um plano específico de referência 4. dito maldoso; mexerico, disse-me-disse
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 azimute
- azimutes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce azimute?
- Brazil /a.ziˈmu.t͡ʃi/
- Portugal /ɐ.ziˈmu.tɨ/
- [ˌa.zi.ˈmuː.ti]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to azimute
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is azimute in Portuguese?
azimute appears about once in every 5 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).