advecção
Portuguese, noun/a.d͡ʒi.vekˈsɐ̃w̃/
advecção is spelled A-D-V-E-C-Ç-Ã-O (8 letters) and appears about once in every 78 million words in written Portuguese, the 241,242nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Advecção is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “advection (the horizontal movement of a body of atmosphere (or other fluid) along with a concurrent transport of its temperature, humidity…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “deslocamento de massa de ar no sentido horizontal”.
What does advecção mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineadvection (the horizontal movement of a body of atmosphere (or other fluid) along with a concurrent transport of its temperature, humidity etc)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. deslocamento de massa de ar no sentido horizontal
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of advecção
- advecções plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce advecção?
- Brazil /a.d͡ʒi.vekˈsɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [a.d͡ʒi.vekˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- Brazil /ad͡ʒ.vekˈsɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to advecção
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is advecção in Portuguese?
advecção appears about once in every 78 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).