javanês
Portuguese, noun/ʒa.vaˈne(j)s/
javanês is spelled J-A-V-A-N-Ê-S (7 letters) and appears about once in every 24 million words in written Portuguese, the 144,068th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Javanês is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “Javanese (person from Java)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “natural ou habitante da ilha de Java; jau”.
What does javanês mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineJavanese (person from Java)
- 2
masculineJavanese (language spoken in central and eastern Java)
adjective
- 1
Javanese (of or relating to Java)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. próprio da ilha de Java, do seu povo ou da sua língua; jau
noun: 1. natural ou habitante da ilha de Java; jau 2. língua malaio-polinésia falada nas porções centrais e orientais da ilha de Java; jau, língua javanesa
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 javanês
- javaneses plural
- javanesa feminine
- javanesas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce javanês?
- Brazil /ʒa.vaˈne(j)s/
- Brazil [ʒa.vaˈne(ɪ̯)s]
- /ʒa.va.ˈnejs/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to javanês
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is javanês in Portuguese?
javanês appears about once in every 24 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).