halitose
Portuguese, noun/a.liˈtɔ.zi/
halitose is spelled H-A-L-I-T-O-S-E (8 letters) and appears about once in every 11 million words in written Portuguese, the 100,600th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Halitose is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “halitosis (condition of having foul-smelling breath)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “mau hálito”.
What does halitose mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininehalitosis (condition of having foul-smelling breath)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. mau hálito
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 halitose
- halitoses plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce halitose?
- Brazil /a.liˈtɔ.zi/
- Portugal /ɐ.liˈtɔ.zɨ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to halitose
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is halitose in Portuguese?
halitose appears about once in every 11 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).