glúten
Portuguese, noun/ˈɡlu.tẽj̃/
glúten is spelled G-L-Ú-T-E-N (6 letters) and appears 1.4 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 27,777th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Glúten is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “gluten (cereal protein)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “proteína amorfa que se encontra na semente de muitos cereais combinada com o amido”.
What does glúten mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinegluten (cereal protein)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. proteína amorfa que se encontra na semente de muitos cereais combinada com o amido
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 glúten
- glútenes Portugal plural
- glutens Brazil plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce glúten?
- Brazil /ˈɡlu.tẽj̃/
- Brazil [ˈɡlu.tẽɪ̯̃]
- Portugal /ˈɡlu.tɛn/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to glúten
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is glúten in Portuguese?
glúten appears 1.4 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).