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nártex

Portuguese, noun/ˈnaʁ.teks/

nártex is spelled N-Á-R-T-E-X (6 letters) and appears about once in every 52 million words in written Portuguese, the 203,084th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Nártex is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “narthex (vestibule leading to the nave)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “área de entrada de um templo”.

What does nártex mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinenarthex (vestibule leading to the nave)

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

noun: 1. área de entrada de um templo

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.

How do you pronounce nártex?

  • Brazil /ˈnaʁ.teks/
  • Brazil [ˈnah.teks]
  • /ˈnaɾ.teks/

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to nártex

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is nártex in Portuguese?

nártex appears about once in every 52 million words in written Portuguese.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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