bioluminiscencia
Spanish, noun/bjoluminisˈθenθja/
bioluminiscencia is spelled B-I-O-L-U-M-I-N-I-S-C-E-N-C-I-A (16 letters) and appears about once in every 9 million words in written Spanish, the 112,257th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bioluminiscencia is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “bioluminescence” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Reacción enzimática de un ser vivo que le permite emitir luz por cuenta propia”.
What does bioluminiscencia mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininebioluminescence
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Reacción enzimática de un ser vivo que le permite emitir luz por cuenta propia.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of bioluminiscencia
- bioluminiscencias plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce bioluminiscencia?
- /bjoluminisˈθenθja/
- [bjo.lu.mi.nisˈθẽn̟.θja]
- /bjoluminiˈsensja/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to bioluminiscencia
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is bioluminiscencia in Spanish?
bioluminiscencia appears about once in every 9 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).