pirite
Portuguese, noun/piˈɾi.t͡ʃi/
pirite is spelled P-I-R-I-T-E (6 letters) and appears about once in every 36 million words in written Portuguese, the 172,935th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pirite is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “European Portuguese standard spelling of pirita” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ver pirita”.
What does pirite mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineEuropean Portuguese standard spelling of pirita
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ver pirita
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 pirite
- pirites plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pirite?
- Brazil /piˈɾi.t͡ʃi/
- Portugal /piˈɾi.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 pirite
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is pirite in Portuguese?
pirite appears about once in every 36 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).