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orbe

Portuguese, noun/ˈɔʁ.bi/

orbe is spelled O-R-B-E (4 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 44,272nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Orbe is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “orb (spherical body)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “esfera, globo, redondeza”.

What does orbe mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininemasculinenonstandardorb (spherical body)

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

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

noun: 1. esfera, globo, redondeza 2. corpo celeste, planeta, astro 3. mundo 4. terra, país, nação, domínio

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 orbe

  • orbes plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce orbe?

  • Brazil /ˈɔʁ.bi/
  • Brazil [ˈɔɦ.bi]
  • /ˈɔɾ.bi/

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

English words that translate to orbe

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

How common is orbe in Portuguese?

orbe appears about once in every 2 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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