kernel
Portuguese, noun
kernel is spelled K-E-R-N-E-L (6 letters) and appears 1.1 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 32,104th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Kernel is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “kernel (central part of certain operating systems)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “núcleo de sistema operacional”.
What does kernel mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinekernel (central part of certain operating systems)
- 2
masculinekernel (a function used to define an integral transform)
- 3
masculinekernel (set of elements mapped to zero)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. núcleo de sistema operacional
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 kernel
- kernels plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to kernel
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is kernel in Portuguese?
kernel appears 1.1 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).