ísquio
Portuguese, noun/ˈis.kju/
ísquio is spelled Í-S-Q-U-I-O (6 letters) and appears about once in every 40 million words in written Portuguese, the 180,215th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ísquio is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “ischium” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “um dos ossos do quadril (junto ao ílio e ao púbis formam a estrutura do osso ilíaco), situado na sua parte…”.
What does ísquio mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineischium
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. um dos ossos do quadril (junto ao ílio e ao púbis formam a estrutura do osso ilíaco), situado na sua parte ventral posterior, sendo a região que, no ser humano, é aquela sobre a qual repousa o corpo quando sentado e que, durante a fase fetal, se constitui em osso isolado; parte ventral posterior da bacia dos animais tetrápodes
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 ísquio
- ísquios plural
- íschio alternative obsolete
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ísquio?
- Brazil /ˈis.kju/
- /ˈiʃ.kju/
- Brazil /ˈis.ki.u/ [ˈis.kɪ.u], AFI: /ˈis.kju/ (coloquial)
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to ísquio
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ísquio in Portuguese?
ísquio 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).