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caftan

Portuguese, noun

caftan is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “kaftan (long tunic worn in the Eastern Mediterranean)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

What does caftan mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinekaftan (long tunic worn in the Eastern Mediterranean)

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Forms of caftan

  • caftans plural
  • kaftan alternative
  • cafetão alternative

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

English words that translate to caftan

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is caftan in Portuguese?

caftan appears about once in every 71 million words in written Portuguese.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).