córtex
Portuguese, noun/ˈkɔʁ.tɛks/
córtex is spelled C-Ó-R-T-E-X (6 letters) and appears 1.9 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 23,227th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Córtex is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “cortex” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “casca de árvore”.
What does córtex mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecortex
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. casca de árvore 2. camada externa, com uma estrutura mais ou menos concêntrica e bem definida, de certos órgãos do corpo humano ou de outros vertebrados, como os rins, as glândulas supra-renais, os ovários, o timo e o cérebro
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 córtex
- córtice alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce córtex?
- Brazil /ˈkɔʁ.tɛks/
- Brazil [ˈkɔh.tɛks]
- /ˈkɔɾ.tɛks/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to córtex
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is córtex in Portuguese?
córtex appears 1.9 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).