hifa
Portuguese, noun/ˈi.fɐ/
hifa is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “hypha (filament that forms the mycelium of a fungus)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “filamento que forma o micélio dos fungos e o micobionte dos líquenes”.
What does hifa mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininehypha (filament that forms the mycelium of a fungus)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. filamento que forma o micélio dos fungos e o micobionte dos líquenes
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 hifa
- hifas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce hifa?
- Brazil /ˈi.fɐ/
- Portugal /ˈi.fɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to hifa
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.