apófise
Portuguese, noun/aˈpɔ.fi.zi/
apófise is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “apophysis (outgrowth of an organism)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ver processo ('saliência')”.
What does apófise mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineapophysis (outgrowth of an organism)
- 2
feminineapophysis (branch of a dike or vein)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ver processo ('saliência') 2. designação comum às projeções alongadas de qualquer segmento do corpo dos artrópodes ou da concha dos moluscos, interna ou externamente 3. mesmo que apódema 4. parte aguçada ou ramificações dos lacólitos, batólitos ou filões, pela qual eles terminam
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 apófise
- apófises plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce apófise?
- Brazil /aˈpɔ.fi.zi/
- Portugal /ɐˈpɔ.fi.zɨ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to apófise
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is apófise in Portuguese?
apófise appears about once in every 31 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).