fricção
Portuguese, noun/fɾikˈsɐ̃w̃/
fricção is spelled F-R-I-C-Ç-Ã-O (7 letters) and appears 1.5 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 25,925th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Fricção is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “friction (the rubbing of objects)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ato de friccionar”.
What does fricção mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininefriction (the rubbing of objects)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ato de friccionar 2. medicamento com que se fricciona 3. esfregação 4. atrito
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 fricção
- fricções plural
- fricçaõ alternative obsolete
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce fricção?
- Brazil /fɾikˈsɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [fɾikˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- Portugal /fɾikˈsɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to fricção
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is fricção in Portuguese?
fricção appears 1.5 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).