xelim
Portuguese, noun/ʃeˈlĩ/
xelim is spelled X-E-L-I-M (5 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written Portuguese, the 74,594th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Xelim is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “shilling (former coin, current currency of several countries)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “moeda inglesa de prata que representava 1/20 da libra esterlina, até 1971”.
What does xelim mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineshilling (former coin, current currency of several countries)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. moeda inglesa de prata que representava 1/20 da libra esterlina, até 1971
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 xelim
- xelins plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce xelim?
- Brazil /ʃeˈlĩ/
- Portugal /ʃɨˈlĩ/
- Portugal /ʃɨ.ˈlĩ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to xelim
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is xelim in Portuguese?
xelim appears about once in every 5 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).