cotonete
Portuguese, noun/ko.toˈnɛ.t͡ʃi/
cotonete is spelled C-O-T-O-N-E-T-E (8 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 43,826th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cotonete is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “cotton swab” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “pequena haste, normalmente de plástico ou bambu, envolta nas extremidades por algodão, usada normalmente para…”.
What does cotonete mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemasculinecotton swab
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. pequena haste, normalmente de plástico ou bambu, envolta nas extremidades por algodão, usada normalmente para limpar os ouvidos ou superfícies de difícil acesso
noun: 1. pessoa bissexual
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 cotonete
- cotonetes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cotonete?
- Brazil /ko.toˈnɛ.t͡ʃi/
- Portugal /kɔ.tɔˈnɛ.tɨ/
- Portugal /kɔtɔˈnɛt(ə)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to cotonete
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is cotonete in Portuguese?
cotonete appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).