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fricassê

Portuguese, noun/fɾi.kaˈse/

fricassê is spelled F-R-I-C-A-S-S-Ê (8 letters) and appears about once in every 13 million words in written Portuguese, the 107,947th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Fricassê is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “fricassee” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “prato que consiste em pedaços de frango ou peixe cozidos em fogo brando com cebola, salsa, pimenta…”.

What does fricassê mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinefricassee

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

noun: 1. prato que consiste em pedaços de frango ou peixe cozidos em fogo brando com cebola, salsa, pimenta, noz-moscada e outros temperos 2. qualquer prato semelhante a este 3. porção de coisas misturadas

noun: 1. prato que consiste em pedaços de frango ou peixe cozidos em fogo brando com cebola, salsa, pimenta, noz-moscada e outros temperos

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 fricassê

  • fricassês plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce fricassê?

  • Brazil /fɾi.kaˈse/
  • Portugal /fɾi.kɐˈse/

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to fricassê

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is fricassê in Portuguese?

fricassê appears about once in every 13 million words in written Portuguese.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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