cortisol
Spanish, noun/koɾtiˈsol/
cortisol is spelled C-O-R-T-I-S-O-L (8 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish, the 57,592nd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cortisol is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “cortisol” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “El principal glucocorticoide segregado tanto por la corteza suprarrenal humana como por la de otros mamíferos…”.
What does cortisol mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecortisol
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. El principal glucocorticoide segregado tanto por la corteza suprarrenal humana como por la de otros mamíferos y el esteroide más abundante en la sangre periférica
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 cortisol
- cortisoles plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cortisol?
- /koɾtiˈsol/
- [koɾ.t̪iˈsol]
- [koɾt̪iˈsol]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to cortisol
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is cortisol in Spanish?
cortisol appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).