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chicle

Portuguese, noun/ˈʃi.kli/

chicle is spelled C-H-I-C-L-E (6 letters) and appears about once in every 15 million words in written Portuguese, the 117,162nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Chicle is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “chicle” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “chiclete”.

What does chicle mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinechicle

  2. 2

    Brazilmasculinechewing gum

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

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

noun: 1. chiclete

noun: 1. chiclete

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 chicle

  • chicles plural

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

How do you pronounce chicle?

  • Brazil /ˈʃi.kli/
  • Portugal /ˈʃi.klɨ/

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

How common is chicle in Portuguese?

chicle appears about once in every 15 million words in written Portuguese.

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

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