gengivite
Portuguese, noun/ʒẽ.ʒiˈvi.t͡ʃi/
gengivite is spelled G-E-N-G-I-V-I-T-E (9 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written Portuguese, the 68,701st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gengivite is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “gingivitis (inflammation of the gums)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “inflamação na gengiva”.
What does gengivite mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininegingivitis (inflammation of the gums)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. inflamação na gengiva
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 gengivite?
- Brazil /ʒẽ.ʒiˈvi.t͡ʃi/
- Portugal /ʒẽ.ʒiˈvi.tɨ/
- Portugal /ʒẽ.ʒiˈbi.tɨ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to gengivite
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is gengivite in Portuguese?
gengivite appears about once in every 5 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).