heterocromia
Portuguese, noun/ˌɛ.te.ɾo.kɾoˈmi.ɐ/
heterocromia is spelled H-E-T-E-R-O-C-R-O-M-I-A (12 letters) and appears about once in every 8 million words in written Portuguese, the 88,935th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Heterocromia is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “heterochromia (condition in which multiple pigmentations occur in the eyes, skin or hair)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “lista de cores diferentes, incluindo o sistema hexadecimal e o RGB”.
What does heterocromia mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineheterochromia (condition in which multiple pigmentations occur in the eyes, skin or hair)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. lista de cores diferentes, incluindo o sistema hexadecimal e o RGB
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 heterocromia?
- Brazil /ˌɛ.te.ɾo.kɾoˈmi.ɐ/
- Portugal /ˌɛ.tɨ.ɾɔ.kɾuˈmi.ɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to heterocromia
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is heterocromia in Portuguese?
heterocromia appears about once in every 8 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).