sincelo
Portuguese, noun/sĩˈse.lu/
sincelo is spelled S-I-N-C-E-L-O (7 letters) and appears about once in every 49 million words in written Portuguese, the 197,229th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sincelo is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “icicle (a spike of ice formed when dripping water freezes)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “pingente de gelo dos beirais dos telhados produzido pela congelação das pingas de água que escorregam”.
What does sincelo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineicicle (a spike of ice formed when dripping water freezes)
noun
- 1
masculinesyncellus (an office of the Eastern Orthodox Church)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. pingente de gelo dos beirais dos telhados produzido pela congelação das pingas de água que escorregam 2. cristal de gelo suspenso, produzido pela congelação de chuva miúda, orvalho ou nevoeiro, sobre a vegetação ou qualquer objeto; o fenómeno meteorológico no que acontece isto
noun: 1. antigamene na igreja grega, pessoa que tinha por função vigiar o bispo ou outros cargos relevantes
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 sincelo
- sincelos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sincelo?
- Brazil /sĩˈse.lu/
- Portugal /sĩˈse.lu/
- Brazil /sĩˈsɛ.lu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to sincelo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is sincelo in Portuguese?
sincelo appears about once in every 49 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).