sinete
Portuguese, noun/siˈne.t͡ʃi/
sinete is spelled S-I-N-E-T-E (6 letters) and appears about once in every 9 million words in written Portuguese, the 90,796th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sinete is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “signet (object (especially a ring) used to impress a picture into sealing wax)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “pequeno objeto de metal com uma assinatura (normalmente do proprietário), brasão ou outro símbolo usado para…”.
What does sinete mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesignet (object (especially a ring) used to impress a picture into sealing wax)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. pequeno objeto de metal com uma assinatura (normalmente do proprietário), brasão ou outro símbolo usado para imprimir tal símbolo em cera, usada para selar cartas e autenticar documentos 2. cera marcada com um sinete¹ 3. carimbo
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 sinete
- sinetes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sinete?
- Brazil /siˈne.t͡ʃi/
- Portugal /siˈne.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 sinete
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is sinete in Portuguese?
sinete appears about once in every 9 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).