dossel
Portuguese, noun/doˈsɛw/
dossel is spelled D-O-S-S-E-L (6 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese, the 56,014th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Dossel is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “dossal, dossel” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “armação de tecido fino, franjada nos bordos, utilizada para cobrir camas ou assentos”.
What does dossel mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinedossal, dossel
- 2
masculinecanopy
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. armação de tecido fino, franjada nos bordos, utilizada para cobrir camas ou assentos
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 dossel
- dosséis plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce dossel?
- Brazil /doˈsɛw/
- Brazil [doˈsɛʊ̯]
- Portugal /duˈsɛl/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to dossel
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is dossel in Portuguese?
dossel appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).