nefrite
Portuguese, noun/neˈfɾi.t͡ʃi/
nefrite is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “nephritis (inflammation of the kidney)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “inflamação dos rins”.
What does nefrite mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininenephritis (inflammation of the kidney)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. inflamação dos rins
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 nefrite
- nefrites plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce nefrite?
- Brazil /neˈfɾi.t͡ʃi/
- Portugal /nɨˈfɾi.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 nefrite
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is nefrite in Portuguese?
nefrite appears about once in every 7 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).