ecdise
Portuguese, noun/ekˈd͡ʒi.zi/
ecdise is spelled E-C-D-I-S-E (6 letters) and appears about once in every 66 million words in written Portuguese, the 225,105th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ecdise is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “ecdysis” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “mudança de pele ou exoesqueleto que ocorre periodicamente com certos insetos e crustáceos”.
What does ecdise mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineecdysis
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. mudança de pele ou exoesqueleto que ocorre periodicamente com certos insetos e crustáceos
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 ecdise
- ecdises plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ecdise?
- Brazil /ekˈd͡ʒi.zi/
- Brazil /e.kiˈd͡ʒi.zi/
- Portugal /ɛkˈdi.zɨ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is ecdise in Portuguese?
ecdise appears about once in every 66 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).