cartilagem
Portuguese, noun/kaʁ.t͡ʃiˈla.ʒẽj̃/
cartilagem is spelled C-A-R-T-I-L-A-G-E-M (10 letters) and appears 1.3 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 28,135th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cartilagem is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “cartilage (elastic and resistant tissue that is found at the ends of bones and can make up the skeleton of certain animals)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “tecido conjuntivo especializado e flexível, com diversas funções estruturais e localizações, e três tipos…”.
What does cartilagem mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininecartilage (elastic and resistant tissue that is found at the ends of bones and can make up the skeleton of certain animals)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. tecido conjuntivo especializado e flexível, com diversas funções estruturais e localizações, e três tipos básicos: elástico, fibroso e hialino
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 cartilagem
- cartilagens plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cartilagem?
- Brazil /kaʁ.t͡ʃiˈla.ʒẽj̃/
- Brazil [kah.t͡ʃiˈla.ʒẽɪ̯̃]
- /kaɾ.t͡ʃiˈla.ʒẽj̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to cartilagem
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is cartilagem in Portuguese?
cartilagem appears 1.3 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).