fórceps
Portuguese, noun/ˈfɔʁ.se.pis/
fórceps is spelled F-Ó-R-C-E-P-S (7 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written Portuguese, the 75,394th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Fórceps is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “forceps (instrument used in surgery to grasp objects)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “o mesmo que fórcipe”.
What does fórceps mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineforceps (instrument used in surgery to grasp objects)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. o mesmo que fórcipe 2. tenaz ou pinça cirúrgica para extrair de um corpo corpos estranhos 3. instrumento com que se extrai do útero a criança
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.
How do you pronounce fórceps?
- Brazil /ˈfɔʁ.se.pis/
- Brazil [ˈfɔh.se.pis]
- Brazil /ˈfɔʁ.seps/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to fórceps
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is fórceps in Portuguese?
fórceps appears about once in every 6 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).