heterogêneo
Portuguese, adjective
heterogêneo is spelled H-E-T-E-R-O-G-Ê-N-E-O (11 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 41,403rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Heterogêneo is a Portuguese adjective meaning “heterogeneous; diverse” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, heterogéneo is a different word: “European Portuguese standard spelling of heterogêneo”. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “de natureza diferente”.
What does heterogêneo mean in English?
adjective
- 1
heterogeneous; diverse
- 2
heterogeneous (having more than one phase)
adjective
- 1
European Portuguese standard spelling of heterogêneo
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. de natureza diferente 2. não uniforme; sem unidade 3. dessemelhante
adjective: 1. de natureza diferente 2. não uniforme; sem unidade
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 heterogêneo
- heterogénea feminine
- heterogéneos masculine plural
- heterogéneas feminine plural
- heterogênea feminine
- heterogêneos masculine plural
- heterogêneas feminine plural
- heterogéneo alternative Portugal
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to heterogêneo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is heterogêneo in Portuguese?
heterogêneo appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).