talhe
Portuguese, noun/ˈta.ʎi/
talhe is spelled T-A-L-H-E (5 letters) and appears about once in every 18 million words in written Portuguese, the 125,896th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Talhe is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “the general figure, form or aspect of someone's body or of an object, especially in regard to appearance and size” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present subjunctive of talhar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “feitio, feição”.
What does talhe mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinethe general figure, form or aspect of someone's body or of an object, especially in regard to appearance and size
- 2
masculinea particular style or way certain pieces are made
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- 2
third-person singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. feitio, feição
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 talhe
- talhes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce talhe?
- Brazil /ˈta.ʎi/
- Portugal /ˈta.ʎɨ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is talhe in Portuguese?
talhe appears about once in every 18 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).