enxaimel
Portuguese, noun/ẽ.ʃajˈmɛw/
enxaimel is spelled E-N-X-A-I-M-E-L (8 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written Portuguese, the 95,562nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Enxaimel is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “half-timbering” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “técnica de construção, tradicional na Alemanha, que consiste em paredes montadas com hastes de madeira…”.
What does enxaimel mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinehalf-timbering
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. técnica de construção, tradicional na Alemanha, que consiste em paredes montadas com hastes de madeira encaixadas entre si em posições horizontais, verticais ou inclinadas, cujos espaços são preenchidos geralmente por pedras ou tijolos
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 enxaimel
- enxaiméis plural
- enxamel alternative
- enchamel alternative obsolete
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce enxaimel?
- Brazil /ẽ.ʃajˈmɛw/
- Brazil [ẽ.ʃaɪ̯ˈmɛʊ̯]
- Brazil /ĩ.ʃajˈmɛw/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is enxaimel in Portuguese?
enxaimel appears about once in every 10 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).