hioides
Spanish, noun[ˈjojð̞es]
hioides is spelled H-I-O-I-D-E-S (7 letters) and appears about once in every 9 million words in written Spanish, the 110,969th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hioides is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “hyoid” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a plural of hioide. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Hueso impar, medio, plano y simétrico, flotante, rara vez unido al resto del esqueleto, situado en la parte…”.
What does hioides mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinehyoid
adjective
- 1
femininemasculineplural of hioide
noun
- 1
masculineplural of hioide
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Hueso impar, medio, plano y simétrico, flotante, rara vez unido al resto del esqueleto, situado en la parte anterior del cuello, por debajo de la lengua y por encima del cartílago tiroides. Tiene forma de herradura y es convexo hacia delante.
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.
How do you pronounce hioides?
- [ˈjojð̞es]
- [iˈojð̞es]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is hioides in Spanish?
hioides 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).