luminol
Portuguese, noun/lu.miˈnɔw/
luminol is spelled L-U-M-I-N-O-L (7 letters) and appears about once in every 25 million words in written Portuguese, the 145,565th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Luminol is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “luminol” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “substância química reagente, com aplicação prática na área da técnica de análise de toque, para a…”.
What does luminol mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineluminol
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. substância química reagente, com aplicação prática na área da técnica de análise de toque, para a identificação de diminutas quantidades de peróxidos e íons ferricianeto, ao entrar em contato com o sangue humano, tem no ferro presente na hemoglobina, agente catalisador causador de reação de quimioluminescência
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 luminol
- luminóis plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce luminol?
- Brazil /lu.miˈnɔw/
- Brazil [lu.miˈnɔʊ̯]
- Portugal /lu.miˈnɔl/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to luminol
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is luminol in Portuguese?
luminol appears about once in every 25 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).