sextante
Portuguese, noun/sesˈtɐ̃.t͡ʃi/
sextante is spelled S-E-X-T-A-N-T-E (8 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 50,402nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sextante is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “sextant (navigational instrument used to measure the angle between any two visible objects)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “instrumento para medir a abertura angular da vertical de um astro e o horizonte para fins de posicionamento…”.
What does sextante mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesextant (navigational instrument used to measure the angle between any two visible objects)
- 2
masculinesextant (one sixth of a circle)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. constelação equatorial, que tem forma de sextante
noun: 1. instrumento para medir a abertura angular da vertical de um astro e o horizonte para fins de posicionamento global
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 sextante
- sextantes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sextante?
- Brazil /sesˈtɐ̃.t͡ʃi/
- /seʃˈtɐ̃.t͡ʃi/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to sextante
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is sextante in Portuguese?
sextante 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).