nécessaire
Portuguese, noun/ne.seˈsɛʁ/
nécessaire is spelled N-É-C-E-S-S-A-I-R-E (10 letters) and appears about once in every 20 million words in written Portuguese, the 133,944th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Nécessaire is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “washbag, (UK) toilet bag, toiletry bag, toiletry kit, (US) Dopp kit, sponge bag, ditty bag” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “espécie de estojo para guardar objetos de uso pessoal e utensílios”.
What does nécessaire mean in English?
noun
- 1
UKmasculinewashbag, (UK) toilet bag, toiletry bag, toiletry kit, (US) Dopp kit, sponge bag, ditty bag
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. espécie de estojo para guardar objetos de uso pessoal e utensílios
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 nécessaire
- nécessaires plural
- necessaire alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce nécessaire?
- Brazil /ne.seˈsɛʁ/
- Brazil [ne.seˈsɛh]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to nécessaire
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is nécessaire in Portuguese?
nécessaire appears about once in every 20 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).