escólex
Portuguese, noun/isˈkɔ.leks/
escólex is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “scolex” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does escólex mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinescolex
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of escólex
- escólice alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce escólex?
- Brazil /isˈkɔ.leks/
- Brazil /esˈkɔ.leks/
- /iʃˈkɔ.lekʃ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to escólex
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is escólex in Portuguese?
escólex appears about once in every 85 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).