peiote
Portuguese, noun/pejˈɔ.t͡ʃi/
peiote is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “peyote (Lophophora williamsii, a small cactus of North America from which mescaline is extracted)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “pequeno cacto sem espinhos com alcaloides psicoativos, particularmente mescalina”.
What does peiote mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinepeyote (Lophophora williamsii, a small cactus of North America from which mescaline is extracted)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. pequeno cacto sem espinhos com alcaloides psicoativos, particularmente mescalina
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 peiote
- peiotes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce peiote?
- Brazil /pejˈɔ.t͡ʃi/
- Brazil [peɪ̯ˈɔ.t͡ʃi]
- Portugal /pɐjˈɔ.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 peiote
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is peiote in Portuguese?
peiote appears about once in every 9 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).