hioide
Portuguese, noun
hioide is spelled H-I-O-I-D-E (6 letters) and appears about once in every 15 million words in written Portuguese, the 118,367th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hioide is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “hyoid bone” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, hióide is a different word: “pre-reform spelling (used until 1990) of hioide; still used where the…”. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “complexo ósseo em forma de U localizado entre a base da língua e a laringe, e que sustenta a língua, a…”.
What does hioide mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinehyoid bone
noun
- 1
masculinepre-reform spelling (used until 1990) of hioide; still used where the agreement hasn’t come into effect and may occur as a sporadic misspelling
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. vide hioide
noun: 1. complexo ósseo em forma de U localizado entre a base da língua e a laringe, e que sustenta a língua, a laringe e seus músculos
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 hioide
- hioides plural
- hyoide alternative obsolete
- hióide alternative obsolete
- hióides plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is hioide in Portuguese?
hioide appears about once in every 15 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).