térmite
Portuguese, noun/ˈtɛʁ.mi.t͡ʃi/
térmite is spelled T-É-R-M-I-T-E (7 letters). Térmite is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “termite (white bodied, wood-consuming insect)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “inseto eusocial da ordem Isoptera”.
What does térmite mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininetermite (white bodied, wood-consuming insect)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. inseto eusocial da ordem Isoptera 2. substância química
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 térmite
- térmites plural
- térmita alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce térmite?
- Brazil /ˈtɛʁ.mi.t͡ʃi/
- Brazil [ˈtɛɦ.mi.t͡ʃi]
- /ˈtɛɾ.mi.t͡ʃi/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to térmite
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.