sílex
Portuguese, noun/ˈsi.leks/
sílex is spelled S-Í-L-E-X (5 letters) and appears about once in every 12 million words in written Portuguese, the 104,744th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sílex is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “flint (hard, fine-grained quartz which generates sparks when struck)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “rocha muito dura composta de calcedônia e opala, de cor ruiva, parda ou negra”.
What does sílex mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemasculinerareflint (hard, fine-grained quartz which generates sparks when struck)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. rocha muito dura composta de calcedônia e opala, de cor ruiva, parda ou negra 2. nome comum de várias pedras cuja base é a sílica; pederneira
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 sílex
- sílice alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sílex?
- Brazil /ˈsi.leks/
- /ˈsi.lekʃ/
- Portugal /ˈsi.lɨkʃ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to sílex
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is sílex in Portuguese?
sílex appears about once in every 12 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).