cortisol
Portuguese, noun/koʁ.t͡ʃiˈzɔw/
cortisol is spelled C-O-R-T-I-S-O-L (8 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 50,402nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cortisol is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “cortisol (steroid hormone)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “hormona esteroide, com ação anti-inflamatória, atuante no estresse”.
What does cortisol mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecortisol (steroid hormone)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. hormona esteroide, com ação anti-inflamatória, atuante no estresse
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 cortisol
- cortisóis plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cortisol?
- Brazil /koʁ.t͡ʃiˈzɔw/
- Brazil [koh.t͡ʃiˈzɔʊ̯]
- /koɾ.t͡ʃiˈzɔw/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to cortisol
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is cortisol in Portuguese?
cortisol appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).