detector
Portuguese, noun/de.te.kiˈtoʁ/
detector is spelled D-E-T-E-C-T-O-R (8 letters) and appears 3.1 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 16,961st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Detector is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “Brazilian Portuguese standard form of detetor” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “aparelho ou instrumento que serve para detectar a presença de substâncias em um determinado ambiente”.
What does detector mean in English?
adjective
- 1
BrazilBrazilian Portuguese standard form of detetor
noun
- 1
BrazilmasculineBrazilian Portuguese standard form of detetor
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. aparelho ou instrumento que serve para detectar a presença de substâncias em um determinado ambiente
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 detector
- detectora feminine
- detectores masculine plural
- detectoras feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce detector?
- Brazil /de.te.kiˈtoʁ/
- Brazil [de.te.kiˈtoh]
- Brazil /de.tekˈtoʁ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to detector
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is detector in Portuguese?
detector appears 3.1 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).