bisturí
Spanish, noun/bistuˈɾi/
bisturí is spelled B-I-S-T-U-R-Í (7 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Spanish, the 35,389th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bisturí is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “scalpel, bistoury” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Instrumento usado en medicina que consta de una cuchilla para hacer cortes o incisiones precisas…”.
What does bisturí mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinescalpel, bistoury
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Instrumento usado en medicina que consta de una cuchilla para hacer cortes o incisiones precisas, especialmente para fines quirúrgicos.
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 bisturí
- bisturíes plural
- bisturís plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce bisturí?
- /bistuˈɾi/
- [bis.t̪uˈɾi]
- [bist̪uˈɾi]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to bisturí
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is bisturí in Spanish?
bisturí appears about once in every 1 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).