koiné
Portuguese, noun
koiné is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “koine (regional language that becomes standard over time)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). Without its accent, koine is a different word: “alternative form of koiné”. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ver coiné”.
What does koiné mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemasculinekoine (regional language that becomes standard over time)
- 2
femininemasculineKoine (the common Greek language during late antiquity)
noun
- 1
femininemasculinealternative form of koiné
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ver coiné
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 koiné
- koines plural
- koinés plural
- koine alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to koiné
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is koiné in Portuguese?
koiné appears about once in every 23 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).