balalaica
Portuguese, noun/ba.laˈlaj.kɐ/
balalaica is spelled B-A-L-A-L-A-I-C-A (9 letters) and appears about once in every 17 million words in written Portuguese, the 123,299th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Balalaica is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “balalaika (Russian string instrument)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “espécie de bandolim de três cordas com forma triangular usado pelos camponeses da Rússia”.
What does balalaica mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininebalalaika (Russian string instrument)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. espécie de bandolim de três cordas com forma triangular usado pelos camponeses da Rússia 2. tipo de vestuário composto de calça e camisa
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 balalaica
- balalaicas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce balalaica?
- Brazil /ba.laˈlaj.kɐ/
- Brazil [ba.laˈlaɪ̯.kɐ]
- Portugal /bɐ.lɐˈlaj.kɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to balalaica
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is balalaica in Portuguese?
balalaica appears about once in every 17 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).