baquelite

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• bakelite
• baquelita (Brazil)

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ba.keˈli.t͡ʃi/

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

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /bɐ.kɨˈli.tɨ/

• Hyphenation: ba‧que‧li‧te

Noun

baquelite f (uncountable) (European Portuguese spelling)

1. Bakelite (a heat-resisting chemically inert resin)

Further reading

• “baquelite”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “baquelite”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025