autóctone
Portuguese, adjective/awˈtɔ.ki.to.ni/
autóctone is spelled A-U-T-Ó-C-T-O-N-E (9 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written Portuguese, the 64,715th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Autóctone is a Portuguese feminine adjective meaning “autochthonous, native” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “aborígene, indígena, silvícola, nativo”.
What does autóctone mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininemasculineautochthonous, native
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. aborígene, indígena, silvícola, nativo
noun: 1. aquele que é natural de uma dada região; aborígene, indígena, silvícola
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 autóctone
- autóctones plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce autóctone?
- Brazil /awˈtɔ.ki.to.ni/
- Brazil [aʊ̯ˈtɔ.ki.to.ni]
- Brazil /awˈtɔk.to.ni/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to autóctone
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is autóctone in Portuguese?
autóctone appears about once in every 4 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).