alveolite
Portuguese, noun/aw.ve.oˈli.t͡ʃi/
alveolite is spelled A-L-V-E-O-L-I-T-E (9 letters) and appears about once in every 72 million words in written Portuguese, the 233,859th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Alveolite is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “alveolitis (inflammation of the alveoli in the lungs)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does alveolite mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininealveolitis (inflammation of the alveoli in the lungs)
- 2
femininealveolitis (inflammation of a dental alveolus)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of alveolite
- alveolites plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce alveolite?
- Brazil /aw.ve.oˈli.t͡ʃi/
- Brazil [aʊ̯.ve.oˈli.t͡ʃi]
- Portugal /al.vjuˈli.tɨ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is alveolite in Portuguese?
alveolite appears about once in every 72 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).