australopiteco
Portuguese, noun/ˌaws.tɾa.lo.piˈtɛ.ku/
australopiteco is spelled A-U-S-T-R-A-L-O-P-I-T-E-C-O (14 letters) and appears about once in every 69 million words in written Portuguese, the 229,473rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Australopiteco is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “australopithecine (member of a group of extinct hominids)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “gênero de hominídeo (Australopithecus, espécies incluem A. garhi, A. africanus, A. sediba, A. afarensis, A.…”.
What does australopiteco mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineaustralopithecine (member of a group of extinct hominids)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. gênero de hominídeo (Australopithecus, espécies incluem A. garhi, A. africanus, A. sediba, A. afarensis, A. anamensis, A. bahrelghazali e A. deyiremeda) que viveu no leste e sul da África durante o Plioceno e o Pleistoceno Inferior (de 4,2 milhões até cerca de 1,9 milhões atrás), considerado um dos ancestrais do gênero Homo (que inclui os humanos modernos, em relação ao qual tinha um cérebro 35% m
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 australopiteco
- australopitecos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce australopiteco?
- Brazil /ˌaws.tɾa.lo.piˈtɛ.ku/
- Brazil [ˌaʊ̯s.tɾa.lo.piˈtɛ.ku]
- /ˌawʃ.tɾa.lo.piˈtɛ.ku/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to australopiteco
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is australopiteco in Portuguese?
australopiteco appears about once in every 69 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).