caeté

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• caaeté, caetê, caité

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Tupi ka'aeté

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ka.eˈtɛ/, /ka.ɛˈtɛ/, /kajˈtɛ/ [kaɪ̯ˈtɛ]

• Rhymes: -ɛ
• Hyphenation: ca‧e‧té

Noun

caeté m (plural caetés)

1. (Brazil) common name of various plants in the order Zingiberales, namely from the families Cannaceae and Marantaceae
2. (Brazil) primeval forest; virgin forest

Derived terms

• caeté-bravo
• caeté-de-talo-roxo
• caeté-dos-jardins
• caeté-roxo
• caeté-vermelho

Noun

caeté m or f by sense (plural caetés)

1. Caeté (a member of the Caeté people)

Adjective

caeté m or f (plural caetés, not comparable)

1. (relational) of the Caeté people

Further reading

• “caeté”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “caeté”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “caeté”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
• “caeté”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025