grife
Portuguese, noun/ˈɡɾi.fi/
grife is spelled G-R-I-F-E (5 letters) and appears 1.4 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 27,005th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Grife is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “designer label” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present subjunctive of grifar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “marca que leva o nome do criador dos produtos ou de pessoa famosa”.
What does grife mean in English?
noun
- 1
Brazilfemininedesigner label
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- 2
third-person singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. marca que leva o nome do criador dos produtos ou de pessoa famosa 2. produto de luxo que traz a assinatura de um costureiro, alfaiate, obreiro ou fabricante famoso 3. empresa que cria, produz e/ou distribui produtos de luxo
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 grife
- grifes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce grife?
- Brazil /ˈɡɾi.fi/
- Portugal /ˈɡɾi.fɨ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is grife in Portuguese?
grife appears 1.4 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).