flogisto
Portuguese, noun/floˈʒis.tu/
flogisto is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “phlogiston (hypothetical fiery principle)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does flogisto mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinephlogiston (hypothetical fiery principle)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of flogisto
- flogistos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce flogisto?
- Brazil /floˈʒis.tu/
- /floˈʒiʃ.tu/
- Portugal /fluˈʒiʃ.tu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to flogisto
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is flogisto in Portuguese?
flogisto appears about once in every 51 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).