cirro
Portuguese, noun/ˈsi.ʁu/
cirro is spelled C-I-R-R-O (5 letters) and appears about once in every 95 million words in written Portuguese, the 264,336th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cirro is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “cirrus (tendril)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “nuvem branca brilhante de aspecto delicado, sedoso ou fibroso, que lembra rabos e cavalo, e são constituídas…”.
What does cirro mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecirrus (tendril)
- 2
masculinecirrus (cloud)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. nuvem branca brilhante de aspecto delicado, sedoso ou fibroso, que lembra rabos e cavalo, e são constituídas de microscópicos cristais de gelo. Localizam em grandes altitudes, que variam entre 6.000 e 12.000 metros 2. pequena estrutura ou apêndice, delgado e geralmente flexível, que servem de tentáculos para diversos animais invertebrados 3. órgão de copulação masculino de alguns animais invertebrados, como vermes e moluscos 4. gavinha
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 cirro
- cirros plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cirro?
- Brazil /ˈsi.ʁu/
- Brazil [ˈsi.hu]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to cirro
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is cirro in Portuguese?
cirro appears about once in every 95 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).