lente
Portuguese, noun/ˈlẽ.t͡ʃi/
lente is spelled L-E-N-T-E (5 letters) and appears 6.8 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 9,812th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Lente is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “lens (object focusing or defocusing the light passing through it)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “professor universitário”.
What does lente mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininelens (object focusing or defocusing the light passing through it)
- 2
femininelens (transparent crystalline structure in the eye)
- 3
femininelens (device which focuses or defocuses electron beams)
- 4
femininelens (a way of looking, literally or figuratively, at something)
- 5
femininea fossil or deposit between two strata
- 6
feminineclipping of lente de conta(c)to
noun
- 1
femininemasculineteacher, professor
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. professor universitário
noun: 1. vidro de aumento 2. lupa 3. óculo
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 lente
- lentes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce lente?
- Brazil /ˈlẽ.t͡ʃi/
- Portugal /ˈlẽ.tɨ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to lente
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is lente in Portuguese?
lente appears 6.8 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).