canhoneira
Portuguese, noun/kɐ̃.ɲoˈne(j).ɾɐ/
canhoneira is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “gunboat (small armed vessel)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “abertura na muralha ou nos flancos de um navio, para assestar e disparar canhões”.
What does canhoneira mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininegunboat (small armed vessel)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. abertura na muralha ou nos flancos de um navio, para assestar e disparar canhões 2. embarcação guarnecida de artilharia
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 canhoneira
- canhoneiras plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce canhoneira?
- Brazil /kɐ̃.ɲoˈne(j).ɾɐ/
- Brazil [kɐ̃.j̃oˈne(ɪ̯).ɾɐ]
- Portugal /kɐ.ɲuˈnɐj.ɾɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to canhoneira
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is canhoneira in Portuguese?
canhoneira appears about once in every 17 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).