pederneira
Portuguese, noun/pe.deʁˈne(j).ɾɐ/
pederneira is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “flint (hard, fine-grained quartz that generates sparks when struck)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “pedaço de sílex pirômaco, que produz faíscas quando atritado”.
What does pederneira mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineflint (hard, fine-grained quartz that generates sparks when struck)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. pedaço de sílex pirômaco, que produz faíscas quando atritado
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 pederneira
- pederneiras plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pederneira?
- Brazil /pe.deʁˈne(j).ɾɐ/
- Brazil [pe.deɦˈne(ɪ̯).ɾɐ]
- /pe.deɾˈne(j).ɾɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to pederneira
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is pederneira in Portuguese?
pederneira appears about once in every 5 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).