lápis
Portuguese, noun
lápis is spelled L-Á-P-I-S (5 letters) and appears 8.3 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 8,438th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Lápis is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “pencil” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). Without its accent, lapis is a different word: “pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal)…”. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “cilindro fino de material apropriado, geralmente grafite, envolvido por uma menos fina tora de madeira usado…”.
What does lápis mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinepencil
noun
- 1
masculinepre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of lápis
- 2
masculineprescribed spelling of lápis under the Orthographic Agreement of 1931, which was not effectively implemented
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. cilindro fino de material apropriado, geralmente grafite, envolvido por uma menos fina tora de madeira usado para escrever, desenhar ou pintar: 2. desenho feito usando lápis¹: 3. farmacêutica em formato cônico ou de cilindro para uso tópico
noun: 1. plural de lápis
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 lápis
- lapis alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to lápis
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is lápis in Portuguese?
lápis appears 8.3 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).