filhote
Portuguese, noun/fiˈʎɔ.t͡ʃi/
filhote is spelled F-I-L-H-O-T-E (7 letters) and appears 6.6 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 9,972nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Filhote is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “pup; cub (youth of an animal)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a diminutive of filho. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “cria de um animal”.
What does filhote mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinepup; cub (youth of an animal)
- 2
Brazilmasculineyoung piraíba (Amazonian fish)
noun
- 1
masculinediminutive of filho
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. cria de um animal 2. beneficiário do filhotismo 3. termo carinhoso usado por mãe ou pai para se referir a um filho
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 filhote
- filhotes plural
- filhota feminine
- filhotas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce filhote?
- Brazil /fiˈʎɔ.t͡ʃi/
- Portugal /fiˈʎɔ.tɨ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to filhote
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is filhote in Portuguese?
filhote appears 6.6 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).