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terrier

Portuguese, noun/te.ʁiˈe/

terrier is spelled T-E-R-R-I-E-R (7 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese, the 40,025th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Terrier is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “terrier (a small breed of dog)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “terriê”.

What does terrier mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininemasculineterrier (a small breed of dog)

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

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

noun: 1. terriê

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 terrier

  • terriers plural

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

How do you pronounce terrier?

  • Brazil /te.ʁiˈe/
  • Brazil [te.hiˈe]
  • Brazil /teˈʁje/

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

English words that translate to terrier

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is terrier in Portuguese?

terrier appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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