estilete
Portuguese, noun/is.t͡ʃiˈle.t͡ʃi/
estilete is spelled E-S-T-I-L-E-T-E (8 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 42,362nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Estilete is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “craft knife” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “instrumento de escritório que consiste em uma lâmina afiada envolta em uma capa plástica, usada tanto para…”.
What does estilete mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecraft knife
- 2
masculineutility knife, box cutter, Stanley knife (tool used to cut)
- 3
masculinestiletto (small dagger)
- 4
masculinestylet, style
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. instrumento de escritório que consiste em uma lâmina afiada envolta em uma capa plástica, usada tanto para cortar papel quanto para apontar lápis 2. uma arma branca 3. parte feminina da flor
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 estilete
- estiletes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce estilete?
- Brazil /is.t͡ʃiˈle.t͡ʃi/
- Brazil /es.t͡ʃiˈle.t͡ʃi/
- /iʃ.t͡ʃiˈle.t͡ʃi/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to estilete
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is estilete in Portuguese?
estilete 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).