hipófise
Portuguese, noun/iˈpɔ.fi.zi/
hipófise is spelled H-I-P-Ó-F-I-S-E (8 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 48,837th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hipófise is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “pituitary gland; hypophysis (endocrine gland of the brain)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “glândula endócrina de funções múltiplas, entre as quais regular as atividades das glândulas tireoide e…”.
What does hipófise mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininepituitary gland; hypophysis (endocrine gland of the brain)
- 2
femininehypophysis
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. glândula endócrina de funções múltiplas, entre as quais regular as atividades das glândulas tireoide e suprarrenal; pituitária
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 hipófise
- hipófises plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce hipófise?
- Brazil /iˈpɔ.fi.zi/
- Portugal /iˈpɔ.fi.zɨ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is hipófise in Portuguese?
hipófise 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).