silte
Portuguese, noun/ˈsiw.t͡ʃi/
silte is spelled S-I-L-T-E (5 letters) and appears about once in every 20 million words in written Portuguese, the 132,552nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Silte is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “silt (fine earth deposited by water)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “todo e qualquer fragmento de mineral ou rocha menor do que areia fina e maior do que argila”.
What does silte mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesilt (fine earth deposited by water)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. todo e qualquer fragmento de mineral ou rocha menor do que areia fina e maior do que argila
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.
How do you pronounce silte?
- Brazil /ˈsiw.t͡ʃi/
- Brazil [ˈsiʊ̯.t͡ʃi]
- Portugal /ˈsil.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 silte
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is silte in Portuguese?
silte appears about once in every 20 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).