jejuno
Portuguese, noun/ʒeˈʒũ.nu/
jejuno is spelled J-E-J-U-N-O (6 letters) and appears about once in every 11 million words in written Portuguese, the 102,716th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Jejuno is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “jejunum (central of the three divisions of the small intestine)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “segmento do intestino delgado logo após o duodeno e antes do íleo, ou seja uma parte do intestino delgado”.
What does jejuno mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinejejunum (central of the three divisions of the small intestine)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. que está em jejum 2. vazio de ideias ou conhecimentos
noun: 1. segmento do intestino delgado logo após o duodeno e antes do íleo, ou seja uma parte do intestino delgado
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 jejuno
- jejunos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce jejuno?
- Brazil /ʒeˈʒũ.nu/
- Portugal /ʒɨˈʒu.nu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to jejuno
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is jejuno in Portuguese?
jejuno appears about once in every 11 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).