heterozigoto
Portuguese, noun/ˌɛ.te.ɾo.ziˈɡo.tu/
heterozigoto is spelled H-E-T-E-R-O-Z-I-G-O-T-O (12 letters) and appears about once in every 30 million words in written Portuguese, the 159,424th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Heterozigoto is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “heterozygote (a diploid individual that has different alleles at one or more genetic loci)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “indivíduo que tem dois alelos diferentes do mesmo gene”.
What does heterozigoto mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineheterozygote (a diploid individual that has different alleles at one or more genetic loci)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. indivíduo que tem dois alelos diferentes do mesmo gene
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 heterozigoto
- heterozigotos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce heterozigoto?
- Brazil /ˌɛ.te.ɾo.ziˈɡo.tu/
- Portugal /ˌɛ.tɨ.ɾɔ.ziˈɡo.tu/
- Portugal [ˌɛ.tɨ.ɾɔ.ziˈɣo.tu]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to heterozigoto
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is heterozigoto in Portuguese?
heterozigoto appears about once in every 30 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).