lócus
Portuguese, noun/ˈlɔ.kus/
lócus is spelled L-Ó-C-U-S (5 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 49,864th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Lócus is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “locus (position on a chromosome)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “local fixo num cromossomo onde está localizado determinado gene ou marcador genético”.
What does lócus mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinelocus (position on a chromosome)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ver lócus
noun: 1. local fixo num cromossomo onde está localizado determinado gene ou marcador genético
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 lócus
- locus alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce lócus?
- Brazil /ˈlɔ.kus/
- /ˈlɔ.kuʃ/
- Portugal /ˈlɔ.kuʃ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to lócus
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is lócus in Portuguese?
lócus appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).