ecótono
Portuguese, noun/eˈkɔ.to.nu/
ecótono is spelled E-C-Ó-T-O-N-O (7 letters) and appears about once in every 46 million words in written Portuguese, the 191,310th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ecótono is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “ecotone (a region of transition)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “zona de transição entre dois ecossistemas vizinhos”.
What does ecótono mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineecotone (a region of transition)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. zona de transição entre dois ecossistemas vizinhos
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 ecótono
- ecótonos plural
- ecótone alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ecótono?
- Brazil /eˈkɔ.to.nu/
- Portugal /ɛˈkɔ.tu.nu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to ecótono
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ecótono in Portuguese?
ecótono appears about once in every 46 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).