íris
Portuguese, noun
íris is spelled Í-R-I-S (4 letters) and appears 9.1 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 7,879th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Íris is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “iris (plant of the genus Iris), or its flower” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). Without its accent, iris is a different word: “pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal)…”. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “meteoro luminoso produzido na atmosfera em forma de arco pela decomposição dos raios solares”.
What does íris mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineiris (plant of the genus Iris), or its flower
- 2
feminineiris (part of the eye)
noun
- 1
masculinerainbow (multicoloured arch in the sky)
noun
- 1
femininepre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of íris
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. meteoro luminoso produzido na atmosfera em forma de arco pela decomposição dos raios solares 2. cores que, através de algumas lunetas, se observam em volta dos objetos 3. quartzo irisado 4. membrana circular e colorida situada no interior do olho e da qual procede a cor dos olhos
noun: 1. plural de íris
noun: 1. prenome feminino
noun: 1. plural de Íris
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 íris
- iris alternative obsolete
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to íris
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is íris in Portuguese?
íris appears 9.1 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).