cóccix
Portuguese, noun/ˈkɔ.ki.sis/
cóccix is spelled C-Ó-C-C-I-X (6 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written Portuguese, the 68,701st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cóccix is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “coccyx; tailbone (final vertebra)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “osso formado por três ou quatro vértebras situado na extremidade inferior da coluna vertebral”.
What does cóccix mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecoccyx; tailbone (final vertebra)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. osso formado por três ou quatro vértebras situado na extremidade inferior da coluna vertebral
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 cóccix
- coccyx alternative obsolete
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cóccix?
- Brazil /ˈkɔ.ki.sis/
- Brazil /ˈkɔk.sis/
- Brazil /ˈkɔ.kis/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to cóccix
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is cóccix in Portuguese?
cóccix appears about once in every 5 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).