colóide
Portuguese, noun
colóide is spelled C-O-L-Ó-I-D-E (7 letters) and appears about once in every 45 million words in written Portuguese, the 189,447th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Colóide is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “pre-reform spelling (used until 1990) of coloide; still used where the agreement hasn’t come into effect and may occur as a sporadic…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). Without its accent, coloide is a different word: “colloid (system in which dispersed insoluble particles are suspended…”.
What does colóide mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinepre-reform spelling (used until 1990) of coloide; still used where the agreement hasn’t come into effect and may occur as a sporadic misspelling
noun
- 1
masculinecolloid (system in which dispersed insoluble particles are suspended throughout another substance)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. que é semelhante à cola de gelatina e não pode ser submetido à diálise
noun: 1. aquilo que é semelhante à cola de gelatina e não pode ser submetido à diálise
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 colóide
- coloides plural
- colóide alternative
- colóides plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to colóide
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is colóide in Portuguese?
colóide appears about once in every 45 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).