difração
Portuguese, noun/d͡ʒi.fɾaˈsɐ̃w̃/
difração is spelled D-I-F-R-A-Ç-Ã-O (8 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written Portuguese, the 70,861st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Difração is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “diffraction” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “fenômeno que acontece quando uma onda encontra um obstáculo”.
What does difração mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininediffraction
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. fenômeno que acontece quando uma onda encontra um obstáculo
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 difração
- difrações plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce difração?
- Brazil /d͡ʒi.fɾaˈsɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [d͡ʒi.fɾaˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- Portugal /di.fɾɐˈsɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is difração in Portuguese?
difração appears about once in every 5 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).