falciforme
Portuguese, adjective/faw.siˈfɔʁ.mi/
falciforme is a Portuguese feminine adjective meaning “falciform (sickle-shaped)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “que tem forma de foice”.
What does falciforme mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininemasculinefalciform (sickle-shaped)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. que tem forma de foice
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 falciforme
- falciformes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce falciforme?
- Brazil /faw.siˈfɔʁ.mi/
- Brazil [faʊ̯.siˈfɔɦ.mi]
- /faw.siˈfɔɾ.mi/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to falciforme
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is falciforme in Portuguese?
falciforme appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).