claquete
Portuguese, noun/klaˈkɛ.t͡ʃi/
claquete is spelled C-L-A-Q-U-E-T-E (8 letters) and appears about once in every 7 million words in written Portuguese, the 82,742nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Claquete is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “clapperboard (device used in film)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “pequeno quadro, geralmente branco, que assinala o início de cada tomada de uma filmagem e que, graças às…”.
What does claquete mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineclapperboard (device used in film)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. pequeno quadro, geralmente branco, que assinala o início de cada tomada de uma filmagem e que, graças às informações técnicas nele registradas, facilita a montagem posterior do filme. [Em caso de som-direto, bate-se uma peça de madeira presa por dobradiça no topo da claquete, para que o sinal sonoro emitido sirva de registro para a sincronização posterior entre som e imagem.]
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 claquete
- claquetes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce claquete?
- Brazil /klaˈkɛ.t͡ʃi/
- Portugal /klɐˈkɛ.tɨ/
- Portugal /kla.ˈkɛ.tɨ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to claquete
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is claquete in Portuguese?
claquete 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).