flúor
Portuguese, noun/ˈflu.oʁ/
flúor is spelled F-L-Ú-O-R (5 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese, the 34,608th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Flúor is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “fluorine” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “elemento químico de símbolo F, possui o número atômico 9 e massa atômica relativa 18,998; está situado no…”.
What does flúor mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinefluorine
- 2
masculinean atom of fluorine
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. elemento químico de símbolo F, possui o número atômico 9 e massa atômica relativa 18,998; está situado no grupo dos halogênios da tabela periódica; encontra-se distribuído na crosta terrestre, porém, alguns minérios são mais ricos em flúor, como a fluorite; é utilizado na fabricação de plásticos, produtos farmacêuticos e fluidos refrigerantes
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 flúor
- flúores plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce flúor?
- Brazil /ˈflu.oʁ/
- Brazil [ˈflu.oh]
- /ˈflu.oɾ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to flúor
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is flúor in Portuguese?
flúor appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).