vértice
Portuguese, noun/ˈvɛʁ.t͡ʃi.si/
vértice is spelled V-É-R-T-I-C-E (7 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese, the 33,746th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Vértice is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “apex, peak, pinnacle” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “o ponto culminante”.
What does vértice mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineapex, peak, pinnacle
- 2
masculinevertex (highest point of the cranial vault)
- 3
masculinevertex (common origin of the rays that form an angle)
- 4
masculinevertex (point of convergence of three or more edges in a polyhedron, or of the generators in a cone)
- 5
masculinevertex (discordant junction of two arches)
- 6
masculinevertex (each of the points on a curve where the curvature is maximum or minimum)
- 7
masculinevertex (point of a polygonal line or of a polyhedron that is the intersection, respectively, of sides or edges)
- 8
masculineeminence (supreme degree or dignity)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. o ponto culminante 2. ponto comum a duas ou mais retas 3. elemento ao qual se ligam as arestas; geralmente representado por um ponto 4. o ponto mais alto da abóbada craniana
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 vértice
- vértices plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce vértice?
- Brazil /ˈvɛʁ.t͡ʃi.si/
- Brazil [ˈvɛh.t͡ʃi.si]
- /ˈvɛɾ.t͡ʃi.si/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to vértice
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is vértice in Portuguese?
vértice 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).