cenozóico
Portuguese, adjective
cenozóico is spelled C-E-N-O-Z-Ó-I-C-O (9 letters) and appears about once in every 89 million words in written Portuguese, the 255,764th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cenozóico is a Portuguese adjective meaning “pre-reform spelling (used until 1990) of cenozoico; still used where the agreement hasn’t come into effect and may occur as a sporadic…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). Without its accent, cenozoico is a different word: “Cenozoic (pertaining to the Cenozoic era)”.
What does cenozóico mean in English?
adjective
- 1
pre-reform spelling (used until 1990) of cenozoico; still used where the agreement hasn’t come into effect and may occur as a sporadic misspelling
adjective
- 1
Cenozoic (pertaining to the Cenozoic era)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. diz-se do período geológico, a cujos fósseis pertencem muitas espécies, que ainda hoje vivem
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 cenozóico
- cenozoica feminine
- cenozoicos masculine plural
- cenozoicas feminine plural
- cenozóico alternative
- cenozóica feminine
- cenozóicos masculine plural
- cenozóicas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to cenozóico
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is cenozóico in Portuguese?
cenozóico appears about once in every 89 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).