bastonete
Portuguese, noun/bas.toˈne.t͡ʃi/
bastonete is spelled B-A-S-T-O-N-E-T-E (9 letters) and appears about once in every 32 million words in written Portuguese, the 162,831st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bastonete is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “short baton” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “bastão pequeno”.
What does bastonete mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineshort baton
- 2
masculinerod cell (small rod-shaped microorganism)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. bastão pequeno 2. objeto de forma alongada e cilíndrica 3. bactéria cujo formato lembra um bastão 4. células da retina, que conseguem funcionar com baixos níveis de luminosidade, porém incapazes de identificar cores
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 bastonete
- bastonetes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce bastonete?
- Brazil /bas.toˈne.t͡ʃi/
- /baʃ.toˈne.t͡ʃi/
- Portugal /bɐʃ.tuˈne.tɨ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is bastonete in Portuguese?
bastonete appears about once in every 32 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).