peixe-palhaço

Portuguese, noun/ˌpe(j).ʃi.paˈʎa.su/

peixe-palhaço is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “clownfish (any of several colourful sea fishes that live among sea anemones)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

What does peixe-palhaço mean in English?

noun

1
masculineclownfish (any of several colourful sea fishes that live among sea anemones)

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

Forms of peixe-palhaço

peixes-palhaço plural
peixes-palhaços plural

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

How do you pronounce peixe-palhaço?

Brazil /ˌpe(j).ʃi.paˈʎa.su/
Brazil [ˌpe(ɪ̯).ʃi.paˈʎa.su]
Portugal /ˌpɐj.ʃɨ.pɐˈʎa.su/

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

English words that translate to peixe-palhaço

clownfish

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