filigrana
Portuguese, noun/fi.liˈɡɾɐ̃.nɐ/
filigrana is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “filigree” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “trabalho ornamental feito de fios muito finos e pequeninas bolas de metal, soldadas de forma a compor um…”.
What does filigrana mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininefiligree
- 2
femininewatermark
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. trabalho ornamental feito de fios muito finos e pequeninas bolas de metal, soldadas de forma a compor um desenho 2. detalhe, circunstância pormenorizada, sem relevância; minudência, minúcia, particularidade 3. aquilo que não tem importância ou valor; coisa reles, insignificante; ninharia
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 filigrana
- filigranas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce filigrana?
- Brazil /fi.liˈɡɾɐ̃.nɐ/
- Portugal /fi.liˈɡɾɐ.nɐ/
- Portugal [fi.liˈɣɾɐ.nɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is filigrana in Portuguese?
filigrana appears about once in every 7 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).