algodoeiro
Portuguese, noun/aw.ɡo.doˈe(j).ɾu/
algodoeiro is spelled A-L-G-O-D-O-E-I-R-O (10 letters) and appears about once in every 9 million words in written Portuguese, the 92,647th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Algodoeiro is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “cotton (plant)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “recebem este nome a planta cultivada que produz o algodão Gossypium herbaceum e outras plantas do seu género”.
What does algodoeiro mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecotton (plant)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. relativo ao algodão
noun: 1. recebem este nome a planta cultivada que produz o algodão Gossypium herbaceum e outras plantas do seu género 2. cultivador, operário ou fabricante que trabalha no algodão
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 algodoeiro
- algodoeiros plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce algodoeiro?
- Brazil /aw.ɡo.doˈe(j).ɾu/
- Brazil [aʊ̯.ɡo.doˈe(ɪ̯).ɾu]
- Portugal /al.ɡuˈdwɐj.ɾu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is algodoeiro in Portuguese?
algodoeiro appears about once in every 9 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).