dedaleira
Portuguese, noun/de.daˈle(j).ɾɐ/
dedaleira is spelled D-E-D-A-L-E-I-R-A (9 letters) and appears about once in every 15 million words in written Portuguese, the 118,367th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Dedaleira is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “foxglove (plant of the genus Digitalis)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “estojo de dedal”.
What does dedaleira mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininefoxglove (plant of the genus Digitalis)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. estojo de dedal 2. planta medicinal da família das escrofulariáceas donde se extrai a digitalina 3. flor dessa planta; digital
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 dedaleira
- dedaleiras plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce dedaleira?
- Brazil /de.daˈle(j).ɾɐ/
- Brazil [de.daˈle(ɪ̯).ɾɐ]
- Portugal /dɨ.dɐˈlɐj.ɾɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to dedaleira
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is dedaleira in Portuguese?
dedaleira 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).