secante
Portuguese, noun/seˈkɐ̃.t͡ʃi/
secante is spelled S-E-C-A-N-T-E (7 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 50,963rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Secante is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “secant” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “toda linha ou superfície plana que corta outra, que a divide em duas partes”.
What does secante mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininesecant
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. diz-se de qualquer substância que acelera a secagem dos óleos 2. que seca, que maça
adjective: 1. que faz interseção, que corta
noun: 1. toda linha ou superfície plana que corta outra, que a divide em duas partes 2. reta que intercepta outra reta ou curva 3. função igual ao inverso do co-seno [símb.: sec]
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 secante
- secantes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce secante?
- Brazil /seˈkɐ̃.t͡ʃi/
- Portugal /sɨˈkɐ̃.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 secante
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is secante in Portuguese?
secante appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).