dentre
Portuguese, preposition/ˈdẽ.tɾi/
dentre is spelled D-E-N-T-R-E (6 letters) and appears 59 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 1,644th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Dentre is a Portuguese preposition meaning “among” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does dentre mean in English?
preposition
- 1
among
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
contraction: 1. contração da preposição de com a preposição entre
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 dentre
- d'entre alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce dentre?
- Brazil /ˈdẽ.tɾi/
- Portugal /ˈdẽ.tɾɨ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is dentre in Portuguese?
dentre appears 59 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).