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corante

Portuguese, noun/koˈɾɐ̃.t͡ʃi/

corante is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “colourant; dye (pigment used the change the colour of something)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “substância que cora, que dá cor”.

What does corante mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    femininemasculinethat which dyes, colours

noun

  1. 1

    masculinecolourant; dye (pigment used the change the colour of something)

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

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. diz-se de substância que cora, que dá cor

noun: 1. substância que cora, que dá cor

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 corante

  • corantes plural

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

How do you pronounce corante?

  • Brazil /koˈɾɐ̃.t͡ʃi/
  • Portugal /kɔˈɾɐ̃.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 corante

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is corante in Portuguese?

corante appears 1.6 times per million words in written Portuguese.

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