cromossomo
Portuguese, noun/kɾo.moˈsõ.mu/
cromossomo is spelled C-R-O-M-O-S-S-O-M-O (10 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese, the 36,381st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cromossomo is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “chromosome” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “longa sequência de DNA, que contém vários genes, e outras sequências de nucleótidos (nucleotídeos) com…”.
What does cromossomo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinechromosome
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. longa sequência de DNA, que contém vários genes, e outras sequências de nucleótidos (nucleotídeos) com funções específicas nas células dos seres vivos
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 cromossomo
- cromossomos plural
- cromossoma alternative Portugal
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cromossomo?
- Brazil /kɾo.moˈsõ.mu/
- Portugal /kɾɔ.mɔˈso.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 cromossomo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is cromossomo in Portuguese?
cromossomo appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).