enclave
Portuguese, noun/ẽˈkla.vi/
enclave is spelled E-N-C-L-A-V-E (7 letters) and appears 1.3 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 28,488th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Enclave is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “enclave (region completely surrounded by another)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “território cujas fronteiras geográficas ficam inteiramente dentro dos limites de um outro território”.
What does enclave mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineenclave (region completely surrounded by another)
Coordinate term: exclave
- 2
masculinean intrusive rock
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. território cujas fronteiras geográficas ficam inteiramente dentro dos limites de um outro território
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 enclave
- enclaves plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce enclave?
- Brazil /ẽˈkla.vi/
- Brazil /ĩˈkla.vi/
- Portugal /ẽˈkla.vɨ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to enclave
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is enclave in Portuguese?
enclave appears 1.3 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).