ilhós
Portuguese, noun/iˈʎɔ(j)s/
ilhós is spelled I-L-H-Ó-S (5 letters) and appears about once in every 55 million words in written Portuguese, the 207,250th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ilhós is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “alternative form of ilhó” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a plural of ilhó. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “aro de metal”.
What does ilhós mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinealternative form of ilhó
noun
- 1
plural of ilhó
suffix
- 1
plural of -ilho
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. aro de metal
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 ilhós
- ilhoses plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ilhós?
- Brazil /iˈʎɔ(j)s/
- Brazil [iˈʎɔ(ɪ̯)s]
- /iˈʎɔ(j)ʃ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is ilhós in Portuguese?
ilhós appears about once in every 55 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).