besante

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /beˈzɐ̃.t͡ʃi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /beˈzɐ̃.t͡ʃi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /beˈzɐ̃.te/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /bɨˈzɐ̃.tɨ/

• Hyphenation: be‧san‧te

Noun

besante m (plural besantes)

1. (historical) bezant (coin minted at Byzantium)
2. (heraldry) bezant (heraldic representation of a gold coin)

   Synonym: arruela

Spanish

Noun

besante m (plural besantes)

1. bezant
2. (heraldry) bezant

Further reading

• “besante”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10