desoxirribonucleico
Portuguese, adjective
desoxirribonucleico is spelled D-E-S-O-X-I-R-R-I-B-O-N-U-C-L-E-I-C-O (19 letters) and appears about once in every 15 million words in written Portuguese, the 118,367th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Desoxirribonucleico is a Portuguese adjective meaning “deoxyribonucleic” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, desoxirribonucléico is a different word: “pre-reform spelling (used until 1990) of desoxirribonucleico; may…”.
What does desoxirribonucleico mean in English?
adjective
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deoxyribonucleic
adjective
- 1
pre-reform spelling (used until 1990) of desoxirribonucleico; may still occur as a sporadic misspelling
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of desoxirribonucleico
- desoxirribonucléica feminine
- desoxirribonucléicos masculine plural
- desoxirribonucléicas feminine plural
- desoxirribonucleica feminine
- desoxirribonucleicos masculine plural
- desoxirribonucleicas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to desoxirribonucleico
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is desoxirribonucleico in Portuguese?
desoxirribonucleico appears about once in every 15 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).