plinto
Portuguese, noun/ˈplĩ.tu/
plinto is spelled P-L-I-N-T-O (6 letters) and appears about once in every 28 million words in written Portuguese, the 153,088th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Plinto is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “plinth (block or slab upon which a column or other structure stands)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “bloco ou base inferior de uma coluna, pedestal ou estátua, geralmente de forma quadrada, que serve de apoio e…”.
What does plinto mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineplinth (block or slab upon which a column or other structure stands)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. bloco ou base inferior de uma coluna, pedestal ou estátua, geralmente de forma quadrada, que serve de apoio e sustentação 2. aparelho acolchoado em forma de caixa, utilizado para exercícios de salto e equilíbrio 3. parte inferior de uma obra escultórica, que a separa do pedestal ou do solo
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 plinto
- plintos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce plinto?
- Brazil /ˈplĩ.tu/
- Portugal /ˈplĩ.tu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to plinto
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is plinto in Portuguese?
plinto appears about once in every 28 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).