proveta
Portuguese, noun/pɾoˈve.tɐ/
proveta is spelled P-R-O-V-E-T-A (7 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written Portuguese, the 70,861st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Proveta is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “test tube (glass tube used for small-scale laboratory tests)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “recipiente cilíndrico, transparente e graduado que serve para medir o volume de um líquido”.
What does proveta mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininetest tube (glass tube used for small-scale laboratory tests)
- 2
femininegraduated cylinder, measuring cylinder
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. recipiente cilíndrico, transparente e graduado que serve para medir o volume de um líquido
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 proveta
- provetas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce proveta?
- Brazil /pɾoˈve.tɐ/
- Portugal /pɾuˈve.tɐ/
- Portugal /pɾuˈbe.tɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is proveta in Portuguese?
proveta 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).