balinês
Portuguese, noun/ba.liˈne(j)s/
balinês is spelled B-A-L-I-N-Ê-S (7 letters) and appears about once in every 20 million words in written Portuguese, the 132,552nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Balinês is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “Balinese (inhabitant of Bali)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “natural da ilha de Bali”.
What does balinês mean in English?
adjective
- 1
Balinese (of, or relating to Bali, or its inhabitants, language)
noun
- 1
masculineBalinese (inhabitant of Bali)
- 2
masculineBalinese (language)
- 3
masculineBalinese (cat breed)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. de Bali
noun: 1. natural da ilha de Bali 2. língua falada na ilha de Bali 3. certa raça de gatos
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 balinês
- balinesa feminine
- balineses masculine plural
- balinesas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce balinês?
- Brazil /ba.liˈne(j)s/
- Brazil [ba.liˈne(ɪ̯)s]
- /ba.liˈne(j)ʃ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to balinês
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is balinês in Portuguese?
balinês appears about once in every 20 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).