bisturi
Portuguese, noun/bis.tuˈɾi/
bisturi is spelled B-I-S-T-U-R-I (7 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese, the 36,796th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bisturi is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “scalpel (small straight knife)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “instrumento cirúrgico, usado para fazer incisões, caracterizado por possuir uma lâmina muito afiada”.
What does bisturi mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinescalpel (small straight knife)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. instrumento cirúrgico, usado para fazer incisões, caracterizado por possuir uma lâmina muito afiada
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 bisturi
- bisturis plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce bisturi?
- Brazil /bis.tuˈɾi/
- /biʃ.tuˈɾi/
- Portugal /biʃ.tuˈɾi/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to bisturi
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is bisturi in Portuguese?
bisturi appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).