detetor
Portuguese, noun/dɨ.tɛˈtoɾ/
detetor is spelled D-E-T-E-T-O-R (7 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written Portuguese, the 74,594th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Detetor is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “detector (someone or something that detects)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does detetor mean in English?
adjective
- 1
detecting
aparelho detetor
noun
- 1
masculinedetector (someone or something that detects)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of detetor
- detetora feminine
- detetores masculine plural
- detetoras feminine plural
- detector alternative Brazil
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce detetor?
- Portugal /dɨ.tɛˈtoɾ/
- Portugal /dɨ.tɛˈto.ɾi/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to detetor
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is detetor in Portuguese?
detetor appears about once in every 5 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).