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dronte

Portuguese, noun/ˈdɾõ.t͡ʃi/

dronte is spelled D-R-O-N-T-E (6 letters). Dronte is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “dodo (Raphus cucullatus)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ave columbiforme extinta, da família Columbidae e subfamília Raphinae, não voadora, endêmica da ilha…”.

What does dronte mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinedodo (Raphus cucullatus)

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

noun: 1. ave columbiforme extinta, da família Columbidae e subfamília Raphinae, não voadora, endêmica da ilha Maurício, no oceano Índico, conhecida também como dodô, extinta no final do século XVII devido à caça e à introdução de espécies invasoras

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 dronte

  • drontes plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce dronte?

  • Brazil /ˈdɾõ.t͡ʃi/
  • Portugal /ˈdɾõ.tɨ/

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to dronte

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

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