quadrante
Portuguese, noun/kwaˈdɾɐ̃.t͡ʃi/
quadrante is spelled Q-U-A-D-R-A-N-T-E (9 letters) and appears 1.5 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 26,665th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Quadrante is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “quadrant (one of the four sections made by dividing an area with two perpendicular lines)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “quarta parte da circunferência”.
What does quadrante mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinequadrant (one of the four sections made by dividing an area with two perpendicular lines)
- 2
masculinequadrant (instrument used to measure angles of altitude)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. quarta parte da circunferência 2. mostrador de relógio 3. instrumento que consiste num quarto de círculo graduado ao qual está fixo um fio de prumo; sua função é a medição da distância angular de um objeto em relação ao horizonte
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 quadrante
- quadrantes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce quadrante?
- Brazil /kwaˈdɾɐ̃.t͡ʃi/
- Portugal /kwɐˈdɾɐ̃.tɨ/
- Portugal [kwɐˈðɾɐ̃.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 quadrante
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is quadrante in Portuguese?
quadrante appears 1.5 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).