celacanto
Portuguese, noun/se.laˈkɐ̃.tu/
celacanto is spelled C-E-L-A-C-A-N-T-O (9 letters) and appears about once in every 22 million words in written Portuguese, the 138,138th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Celacanto is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “coelacanth (either of two species of deep-water fish)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “nome comum a várias espécies de peixes sarcopterígios (com nadadeiras lobadas e mais intimamente relacionados…”.
What does celacanto mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecoelacanth (either of two species of deep-water fish)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. nome comum a várias espécies de peixes sarcopterígios (com nadadeiras lobadas e mais intimamente relacionados aos peixes pulmonados e tetrápodes - grupo que inclui os vertebrados terrestres, incluindo anfíbios, répteis, aves e mamíferos), mais de cem delas extintas e apenas duas viventes, com exemplar fóssil mais antigo datado de 420–410 milhões de anos atrás, caracterizador por possuírem oito nad
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 celacanto
- celacantos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce celacanto?
- Brazil /se.laˈkɐ̃.tu/
- Portugal /sɨ.lɐˈkɐ̃.tu/
- Brazil /se.laˈkɐ̃.to/ (Região Sul)
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to celacanto
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is celacanto in Portuguese?
celacanto appears about once in every 22 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).