besante
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (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)
- (historical) bezant (coin minted at Byzantium)
- (heraldry) bezant (heraldic representation of a gold coin)
- Synonym: arruela
Further reading
- “besante”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “besante”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /beˈsante/ [beˈsãn̪.t̪e]
- Rhymes: -ante
- Syllabification: be‧san‧te
Noun
besante m (plural besantes)
Further reading
- “besante”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025