ébano
Portuguese, noun/ˈɛ.ba.nu/
ébano is spelled É-B-A-N-O (5 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 50,963rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ébano is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “ebony (wood)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “árvore da família das Ebanáceas, que produz madeira valiosa, muito rija e de cor negra”.
What does ébano mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineebony (wood)
- 2
masculineebony (tree)
- 3
masculineebony (colour)
adjective
- 1
ebony (deep, dark black colour)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. árvore da família das Ebanáceas, que produz madeira valiosa, muito rija e de cor negra 2. a madeira dessa árvore 3. indivíduo com tom de pele bem escura
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 ébano
- ébanos plural
- ébana feminine
- ébanas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ébano?
- Brazil /ˈɛ.ba.nu/
- Portugal /ˈɛ.bɐ.nu/
- Portugal [ˈɛ.βɐ.nu]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to ébano
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ébano in Portuguese?
ébano appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).