comensalismo
Portuguese, noun/ko.mẽ.saˈliz.mu/
comensalismo is spelled C-O-M-E-N-S-A-L-I-S-M-O (12 letters) and appears about once in every 46 million words in written Portuguese, the 191,310th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Comensalismo is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “commensalism” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “tipo de relação ecológica em que uma espécie se beneficia dos restos da outra sem prejudicar a mesma; é uma…”.
What does comensalismo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecommensalism
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. tipo de relação ecológica em que uma espécie se beneficia dos restos da outra sem prejudicar a mesma; é uma relação positiva para um indivíduo e neutra para outro
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 comensalismo
- comensalismos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce comensalismo?
- Brazil /ko.mẽ.saˈliz.mu/
- /ko.mẽ.saˈliʒ.mu/
- Portugal /ku.mẽ.sɐˈliʒ.mu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to comensalismo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is comensalismo in Portuguese?
comensalismo appears about once in every 46 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).