esternocleidomastóideo
Portuguese, noun/isˌtɛʁ.nuˌklej.du.masˈtɔj.d͡ʒju/
esternocleidomastóideo is spelled E-S-T-E-R-N-O-C-L-E-I-D-O-M-A-S-T-Ó-I-D-E-O (22 letters) and appears about once in every 81 million words in written Portuguese, the 246,082nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Esternocleidomastóideo is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “ellipsis of músculo esternocleidomastóideo (“sternocleidomastoid muscle”)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “músculo situado abaixo da cabeça, sendo a ligação do pescoço ao ombro”.
What does esternocleidomastóideo mean in English?
adjective
- 1
sternocleidomastoid
noun
- 1
masculineellipsis of músculo esternocleidomastóideo (“sternocleidomastoid muscle”)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. músculo situado abaixo da cabeça, sendo a ligação do pescoço ao ombro
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 esternocleidomastóideo
- esternocleidomastóidea feminine
- esternocleidomastóideos masculine plural
- esternocleidomastóideas feminine plural
- esternoclidomastóideo alternative
- esternocleidomastoideu alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce esternocleidomastóideo?
- Brazil /isˌtɛʁ.nuˌklej.du.masˈtɔj.d͡ʒju/
- Brazil [isˌtɛɦ.nuˌkleɪ̯.du.masˈtɔɪ̯.d͡ʒju]
- Brazil /esˌtɛʁ.nuˌklej.du.masˈtɔj.d͡ʒju/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to esternocleidomastóideo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is esternocleidomastóideo in Portuguese?
esternocleidomastóideo appears about once in every 81 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).