estame
Portuguese, noun/isˈtɐ̃.mi/
estame is spelled E-S-T-A-M-E (6 letters) and appears about once in every 33 million words in written Portuguese, the 166,096th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Estame is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “stamen (a flower part that produces pollen)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “diadelfo; órgão masculino das flores da qual faz parte o filete que sustenta a antera, através da qual os…”.
What does estame mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinestamen (a flower part that produces pollen)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. diadelfo; órgão masculino das flores da qual faz parte o filete que sustenta a antera, através da qual os grãos de pólen se encontram 2. estambre; fio ou linha usado para tecer 3. a linha da existência 4. o fio da vida
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 estame
- estames plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce estame?
- Brazil /isˈtɐ̃.mi/
- Brazil /esˈtɐ̃.mi/
- /iʃˈtɐ̃.mi/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to estame
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is estame in Portuguese?
estame appears about once in every 33 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).