aurícula
Portuguese, noun/awˈɾi.ku.lɐ/
aurícula is spelled A-U-R-Í-C-U-L-A (8 letters) and appears about once in every 13 million words in written Portuguese, the 109,086th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Aurícula is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “pinna, auricle (the visible part of the ear that resides outside of the head)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does aurícula mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininepinna, auricle (the visible part of the ear that resides outside of the head)
- 2
feminineauricle (ear-shaped appendage of the atrium of the heart)
- 3
feminineauricle (appendage in the shape of an ear or earlobe)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of aurícula
- aurículas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce aurícula?
- Brazil /awˈɾi.ku.lɐ/
- Brazil [aʊ̯ˈɾi.ku.lɐ]
- Portugal /awˈɾi.ku.lɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to aurícula
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is aurícula in Portuguese?
aurícula appears about once in every 13 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).