etmóide
Portuguese, noun
etmóide is spelled E-T-M-Ó-I-D-E (7 letters) and appears about once in every 74 million words in written Portuguese, the 236,506th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Etmóide is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “pre-reform spelling (used until 1990) of etmoide; still used where the agreement hasn’t come into effect and may occur as a sporadic…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). Without its accent, etmoide is a different word: “ethmoid bone”.
What does etmóide mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinepre-reform spelling (used until 1990) of etmoide; still used where the agreement hasn’t come into effect and may occur as a sporadic misspelling
noun
- 1
masculineethmoid bone
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of etmóide
- etmoides plural
- ethmoide alternative obsolete
- etmóide alternative
- etmóides plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is etmóide in Portuguese?
etmóide appears about once in every 74 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).