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set

Portuguese, noun

set is spelled S-E-T (3 letters) and appears 19 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 4,299th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Set is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “set (group of things in maths, tennis, cinema, etc.)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). On this page, set. is a different word: “abbreviation of setembro (“September”)”. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “contagem de pontos em uma partida de tênis ou voleibol equivalente ao objetivo a ser atingido”.

What does set mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculineset (group of things in maths, tennis, cinema, etc.)

noun

as set.
  1. 1

    masculineabbreviation of setembro (“September”)

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

noun: 1. contagem de pontos em uma partida de tênis ou voleibol equivalente ao objetivo a ser atingido 2. local de filmagem ou de encenação

abbreviation: 1. setembro

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 set

  • sets plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How common is set in Portuguese?

set appears 19 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).

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