caixilho
Portuguese, noun/kajˈʃi.ʎu/
caixilho is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “frame” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “aro que contorna fotografias, pinturas, espelhos, janelas; o mesmo que moldura”.
What does caixilho mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineframe
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. aro que contorna fotografias, pinturas, espelhos, janelas; o mesmo que moldura
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 caixilho
- caixilhos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce caixilho?
- Brazil /kajˈʃi.ʎu/
- Brazil [kaɪ̯ˈʃi.ʎu]
- Portugal /kajˈʃi.ʎu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is caixilho in Portuguese?
caixilho appears about once in every 11 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).