aerogel
Portuguese, noun/aˌɛ.ɾoˈʒɛw/
aerogel is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “aerogel (an ultralight solid-state substance)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “material sólido, ultraleve, poroso e sintético, semelhante a esponja e eficiente isolante térmico e elétrico…”.
What does aerogel mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineaerogel (an ultralight solid-state substance)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. material sólido, ultraleve, poroso e sintético, semelhante a esponja e eficiente isolante térmico e elétrico, originado de um gel que teve sua parte líquida substituída por gás
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 aerogel
- aerogéis plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce aerogel?
- Brazil /aˌɛ.ɾoˈʒɛw/
- Brazil [aˌɛ.ɾoˈʒɛʊ̯]
- Portugal /ɐˌɛ.ɾɔˈʒɛl/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to aerogel
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is aerogel in Portuguese?
aerogel appears about once in every 54 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).