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cosmos

Portuguese, noun/ˈkɔz.mus/

cosmos is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “alternative form of cosmo” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “o universo como sendo regido por suas próprias leis que marcam a composição de matéria e energia, cosmo”.

What does cosmos mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinealternative form of cosmo

  2. 2

    masculinecosmos (herb of the genus Cosmos)

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

noun: 1. o universo como sendo regido por suas próprias leis que marcam a composição de matéria e energia, cosmo 2. diz-se do universo que, mantido por leis constantes, está disposto de forma coerente e integral

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.

How do you pronounce cosmos?

  • Brazil /ˈkɔz.mus/
  • /ˈkɔʒ.muʃ/
  • Portugal /ˈkɔʒ.muʃ/

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to cosmos

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is cosmos in Portuguese?

cosmos appears 2.8 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).