cimalha
Portuguese, noun/siˈma.ʎɐ/
cimalha is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “cymatium” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “a parte mais alta da cornija”.
What does cimalha mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininecymatium
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. a parte mais alta da cornija 2. molduras que terminam o capitel; arquitrave 3. alto das paredes de um edifício que faz sacada onde assentam os beirais do telhado
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 cimalha
- cimalhas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cimalha?
- Brazil /siˈma.ʎɐ/
- Portugal /siˈma.ʎɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is cimalha in Portuguese?
cimalha appears about once in every 40 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).