caimento
Portuguese, noun/kajˈmẽ.tu/
caimento is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “trim, drape (the way in which fabric falls or hangs)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ação de cair”.
What does caimento mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinetrim, drape (the way in which fabric falls or hangs)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ação de cair 2. decadência
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 caimento
- caimentos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce caimento?
- Brazil /kajˈmẽ.tu/
- Brazil [kaɪ̯ˈmẽ.tu]
- Portugal /kajˈmẽ.tu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is caimento in Portuguese?
caimento appears about once in every 7 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).