ilê
Portuguese, noun
ilê is spelled I-L-Ê (3 letters) and appears 1.0 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 32,895th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ilê is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “the place where Candomblé (Afro-Brazilian religion) rituals take place” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). Without its accent, ile is a different word: “they, them (singular). A gender-neutral or genderqueer singular…”. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “terreiro; local onde ocorre os cultos religiosos do candomblé”.
What does ilê mean in English?
noun
- 1
Brazilmasculinethe place where Candomblé (Afro-Brazilian religion) rituals take place
pronoun
- 1
informalthey, them (singular). A gender-neutral or genderqueer singular third-person personal pronoun.
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. terreiro; local onde ocorre os cultos religiosos do candomblé
pronoun: 1. pronome pessoal neutro equivalente a ele ou ela
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 ilê
- iles plural
- ilu alternative
- elo alternative
- elu alternative
- ili alternative
- ilês plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to ilê
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ilê in Portuguese?
ilê appears 1.0 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).