féretro
Portuguese, noun/ˈfɛ.ɾe.tɾu/
féretro is spelled F-É-R-E-T-R-O (7 letters) and appears about once in every 11 million words in written Portuguese, the 103,739th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Féretro is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “coffin” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “sepulcro, sepultura, túmulo”.
What does féretro mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecoffin
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. sepulcro, sepultura, túmulo 2. esquife, tumba 3. ataúde, cadaleito, caixão
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 féretro
- féretros plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce féretro?
- Brazil /ˈfɛ.ɾe.tɾu/
- Portugal /ˈfɛ.ɾɨ.tɾu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is féretro in Portuguese?
féretro appears about once in every 11 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).