feromônio
Portuguese, noun
feromônio is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “pheromone (chemical secreted by an animal that affects the behaviour of other animals)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, feromónio is a different word: “European Portuguese standard spelling of feromônio”. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “substância química que, sendo secretada por insetos e mamíferos, pode funcionar como atraente sexual, como…”.
What does feromônio mean in English?
noun
- 1
Brazilmasculinepheromone (chemical secreted by an animal that affects the behaviour of other animals)
noun
- 1
masculinerareEuropean Portuguese standard spelling of feromônio
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. substância química que, sendo secretada por insetos e mamíferos, pode funcionar como atraente sexual, como comunicador entre indivíduos e, ainda, como delimitador de trilhas; ferormônio
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 feromônio
- feromônios plural
- feromónio alternative Portugal
- feromónios plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to feromônio
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is feromônio in Portuguese?
feromônio appears about once in every 5 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).