samovar
Portuguese, noun/sa.moˈvaʁ/
samovar is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “samovar (metal urn used to make tea)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “utensílio russo de uso doméstico, constituído de pequena caldeira provida de um tubo central no qual se…”.
What does samovar mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesamovar (metal urn used to make tea)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. utensílio russo de uso doméstico, constituído de pequena caldeira provida de um tubo central no qual se colocam brasas para ferver e manter quente a água para o chá. 2. espécie de bule de metal nobre montado sobre uma armação provida de fogareiro, cuja função é a mesma do samovar russo.
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 samovar
- samovares plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce samovar?
- Brazil /sa.moˈvaʁ/
- Brazil [sa.moˈvah]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to samovar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is samovar in Portuguese?
samovar appears about once in every 24 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).