adenoide
Portuguese, noun/a.deˈnɔj.d͡ʒi/
adenoide is spelled A-D-E-N-O-I-D-E (8 letters) and appears about once in every 36 million words in written Portuguese, the 172,935th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Adenoide is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “adenoid (mass of lymphatic tissue situated posterior to the nasal cavity)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does adenoide mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineadenoid (mass of lymphatic tissue situated posterior to the nasal cavity)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of adenoide
- adenoides plural
- adenóide alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce adenoide?
- Brazil /a.deˈnɔj.d͡ʒi/
- Brazil [a.deˈnɔɪ̯.d͡ʒi]
- Portugal /ɐ.dɨˈnɔj.dɨ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to adenoide
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is adenoide in Portuguese?
adenoide appears about once in every 36 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).