filisteu
Portuguese, noun/fi.lisˈtew/
filisteu is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “philistine” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “povo que habitava a região da Filisteia ou Palestina”.
What does filisteu mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinephilistine
- 2
masculinePhilistine
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. diz-se do povo que habitava a região da Filisteia ou Palestina 2. que se demonstra inculto, estritamente preocupado com questões materiais, desprovido de inteligência e de imaginação artística
noun: 1. povo que habitava a região da Filisteia ou Palestina 2. aquele que se demonstra inculto, estritamente preocupado com questões materiais, desprovido de inteligência e de imaginação artística
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 filisteu
- filisteus plural
- filisteia feminine
- filisteias feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce filisteu?
- Brazil /fi.lisˈtew/
- Brazil [fi.lisˈteʊ̯]
- /fi.liʃˈtew/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to filisteu
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is filisteu in Portuguese?
filisteu appears about once in every 5 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).