talvegue
Portuguese, noun/tawˈvɛ.ɡi/
talvegue is spelled T-A-L-V-E-G-U-E (8 letters) and appears about once in every 59 million words in written Portuguese, the 213,834th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Talvegue is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “thalweg (line that connects the lowest points in a valley)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “linha mais ou menos sinuosa no fundo de um vale, pela qual se dirigem águas correntes”.
What does talvegue mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinethalweg (line that connects the lowest points in a valley)
- 2
masculinethe deepest points of a body of water
- 3
masculineraresomething that flows or progresses fast
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. linha mais ou menos sinuosa no fundo de um vale, pela qual se dirigem águas correntes 2. linha de intersecção dos planos de duas encostas
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 talvegue
- talvegues plural
- thalweg alternative dated
- talweg alternative dated
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce talvegue?
- Brazil /tawˈvɛ.ɡi/
- Brazil [taʊ̯ˈvɛ.ɡi]
- Portugal /talˈvɛ.ɡɨ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to talvegue
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is talvegue in Portuguese?
talvegue appears about once in every 59 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).