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zênite

Portuguese, noun

zênite is spelled Z-Ê-N-I-T-E (6 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written Portuguese, the 73,814th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Zênite is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “Brazilian Portuguese standard spelling of zénite” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, zénite is a different word: “zenith (point vertically above a position or observer)”. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “posição mais alta da trajetória de um corpo celeste, do ponto de vista de um observador na Terra”.

What does zênite mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculineBrazilian Portuguese standard spelling of zénite

    Sua popularidade chegou ao zênite nos anos 80.

noun

as zénite
  1. 1

    masculinezenith (point vertically above a position or observer)

  2. 2

    masculinezenith (highest point reached by a celestial body)

  3. 3

    masculinezenith; peak; apogee (highest or best point or state)

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

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

noun: 1. posição mais alta da trajetória de um corpo celeste, do ponto de vista de um observador na Terra.

noun: 1. ponto mais alto da esfera celeste, exatamente por cima do local em que se encontra o observador, e exatamente oposto ao nadir 2. auge, ponto alto, ponto máximo

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 zênite

  • zénites plural
  • zênite alternative Brazil
  • zênites plural

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

English words that translate to zênite

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

How common is zênite in Portuguese?

zênite 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).

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