seda
Portuguese, noun
seda is spelled S-E-D-A (4 letters) and appears 7.8 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 8,870th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Seda is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “silk (a type of fiber)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of sedar. With a tilde, sedã is a different word: “sedan; saloon (passenger car with separate compartments for engine…”. With an accent, sêda is a different word: “pre-reform spelling (used until 1971 in Brazil and 1945 in Portugal)…”. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “substância filamentosa segregada pelo bicho-da-seda”.
What does seda mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininesilk (a type of fiber)
- 2
femininea piece of silken cloth or silken clothes
- 3
Brazilfeminineslangrolling paper for marijuana cigarettes
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-person singular imperative
noun
- 1
masculinesedan; saloon (passenger car with separate compartments for engine, passenger and cargo)
noun
- 1
femininepre-reform spelling (used until 1971 in Brazil and 1945 in Portugal) of seda
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. substância filamentosa segregada pelo bicho-da-seda 2. tecido feito dessa substância 3. papel finíssimo, normalmente engomado, usado para confecção de cigarrinhos de cânhamo 4. filamento áspero dos invólucros florais das gramíneas
noun: 1. automóvel de passeio ou esportivo, de duas ou quatro portas que tem espaço relativamente confortável na parte dos bancos traseiros e com a parte posterior com linhas a formar uma traseira com topo que ressai com contorno longitudinal consideravelemente angulado reto e um tanto quanto horizontal
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 seda
- sedas plural
- sêda alternative
- sedãs plural
- sedan alternative
- sêdas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to seda
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is seda in Portuguese?
seda appears 7.8 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).