drosófila
Portuguese, noun/dɾoˈzɔ.fi.lɐ/
drosófila is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “drosophila (any insect of the genus species)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does drosófila mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininedrosophila (any insect of the genus species)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of drosófila
- drosófilas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce drosófila?
- Brazil /dɾoˈzɔ.fi.lɐ/
- Portugal /dɾuˈzɔ.fi.lɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to drosófila
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is drosófila in Portuguese?
drosófila appears about once in every 68 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).