escafóide
Portuguese, noun
escafóide is spelled E-S-C-A-F-Ó-I-D-E (9 letters) and appears about once in every 40 million words in written Portuguese, the 180,215th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Escafóide is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “pre-reform spelling (used until 1990) of escafoide; still used where the agreement hasn’t come into effect and may occur as a sporadic…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). Without its accent, escafoide is a different word: “scaphoid bone”.
What does escafóide mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininemasculinepre-reform spelling (used until 1990) of escafoide; still used where the agreement hasn’t come into effect and may occur as a sporadic misspelling
noun
- 1
masculinepre-reform spelling (used until 1990) of escafoide; still used where the agreement hasn’t come into effect and may occur as a sporadic misspelling
adjective
- 1
femininemasculinekeel-shaped
noun
- 1
masculinescaphoid bone
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of escafóide
- escafoides plural
- escafóide alternative
- escaphoide alternative archaic
- escafóides plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is escafóide in Portuguese?
escafóide appears about once in every 40 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).