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tenente-coronel

Portuguese, noun/teˌnẽ.t͡ʃi.ko.ɾoˈnɛw/

tenente-coronel is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “lieutenant colonel (military rank)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “no Exército, patente imediatamente superior à de major e inferior à de coronel”.

What does tenente-coronel mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinelieutenant colonel (military rank)

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

noun: 1. no Exército, patente imediatamente superior à de major e inferior à de coronel 2. oficial que detém esta patente

noun: 1. redução de tenente-coronel-aviador

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 tenente-coronel

  • tenentes-coronéis plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce tenente-coronel?

  • Brazil /teˌnẽ.t͡ʃi.ko.ɾoˈnɛw/
  • Brazil [teˌnẽ.t͡ʃi.ko.ɾoˈnɛʊ̯]
  • Portugal /tɨˌnẽ.tɨ.ku.ɾuˈnɛl/

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.