interferon
Portuguese, noun/ĩ.teʁ.feˈɾõ/
interferon is spelled I-N-T-E-R-F-E-R-O-N (10 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written Portuguese, the 64,064th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Interferon is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “Brazilian Portuguese standard spelling of interferão (“interferon”) (any of a group of glycoproteins, that prevent viral replication in…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does interferon mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineBrazilian Portuguese standard spelling of interferão (“interferon”) (any of a group of glycoproteins, that prevent viral replication in infected cells)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of interferon
- interferons plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce interferon?
- Brazil /ĩ.teʁ.feˈɾõ/
- Brazil [ĩ.teh.feˈɾõ]
- /ĩ.teɾ.feˈɾõ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to interferon
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is interferon in Portuguese?
interferon appears about once in every 4 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).