hipoglosso
Portuguese, noun/ˌi.poˈɡlo.su/
hipoglosso is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “hypoglossal (nerve under the tongue)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “músculo situado sob a língua”.
What does hipoglosso mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinehypoglossal (nerve under the tongue)
adjective
- 1
hypoglossal (of or relating to the area under the tongue)
noun
- 1
masculinehalibut (fish of genus Hippoglossus)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. situado sob a língua
noun: 1. músculo situado sob a língua
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 hipoglosso
- hipoglossos plural
- metaphonic plural
- hipoglossa feminine
- hipoglossas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce hipoglosso?
- Brazil /ˌi.poˈɡlo.su/
- Brazil /ˌi.poˈɡlɔ.su/
- Portugal /ˌi.pɔˈɡlo.su/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to hipoglosso
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is hipoglosso in Portuguese?
hipoglosso appears about once in every 40 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).