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fosforescência

Portuguese, noun/fos.fo.ɾeˈsẽ.sjɐ/

fosforescência is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “phosphorescence” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “emissão de luz por uma substância, previamente armazenou energia que transforma em luz”.

What does fosforescência mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininephosphorescence

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

noun: 1. emissão de luz por uma substância, previamente armazenou energia que transforma em luz

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 fosforescência

  • fosforescências plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce fosforescência?

  • Brazil /fos.fo.ɾeˈsẽ.sjɐ/
  • /foʃ.fo.ɾeˈsẽ.sjɐ/
  • Portugal /fuʃ.fu.ɾɨʃˈsẽ.sjɐ/

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to fosforescência

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is fosforescência in Portuguese?

fosforescência appears about once in every 29 million words in written Portuguese.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).