kelvin
Portuguese, noun/ˈkew.vĩ/
kelvin is spelled K-E-L-V-I-N (6 letters) and appears 2.1 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 21,687th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Kelvin is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “kelvin (SI temperature unit)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “unidade de temperatura atualmente equivalente a uma diferença de energia térmica de exatos 1.380649 × 10⁻²³…”.
What does kelvin mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinekelvin (SI temperature unit)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. unidade de temperatura atualmente equivalente a uma diferença de energia térmica de exatos 1.380649 × 10⁻²³ joules (símbolo: K)
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 kelvin
- kelvins plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce kelvin?
- Brazil /ˈkew.vĩ/
- Brazil [ˈkeʊ̯.vĩ]
- Portugal /ˈkɛl.vin/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to kelvin
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is kelvin in Portuguese?
kelvin appears 2.1 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).