bivalve
Portuguese, noun/biˈvaw.vi/
bivalve is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “bivalve (any mollusc in the class Bivalvia)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “nome dado aos moluscos lamelibrânquios (mexilhão, ostra), porque sua concha é composta de duas valvas”.
What does bivalve mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinebivalve (any mollusc in the class Bivalvia)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. nome dado aos moluscos lamelibrânquios (mexilhão, ostra), porque sua concha é composta de duas valvas
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 bivalve
- bivalves plural
- bivalvo alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce bivalve?
- Brazil /biˈvaw.vi/
- Brazil [biˈvaʊ̯.vi]
- Portugal /biˈval.vɨ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to bivalve
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is bivalve in Portuguese?
bivalve appears about once in every 37 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).