xavante
Portuguese, noun/ʃaˈvɐ̃.t͡ʃi/
xavante is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “a member of the Xavánte people” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “habitante ou natural da Xavantes”.
What does xavante mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemasculinea member of the Xavánte people
noun
- 1
masculineXavánte (Ge language spoken by the Xavánte people)
adjective
- 1
femininemasculineof the Xavánte peple
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. de ou relativo à Xavantes, cidade de São Paulo (Brasil)
noun: 1. habitante ou natural da Xavantes
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 xavante
- xavantes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce xavante?
- Brazil /ʃaˈvɐ̃.t͡ʃi/
- Portugal /ʃɐˈvɐ̃.tɨ/
- Portugal /ʃɐˈbɐ̃.tɨ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to xavante
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is xavante in Portuguese?
xavante 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).