meio ambiente

phrase

The verdict

“meio ambiente” is uncommon Portuguese (outside the top frequency list), classed as a phrase. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency Portuguese
13
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - conjunto de todos os fatores que afetam diretamente o metabolismo ou o comportamento dos seres vivos que habitam nesse ambiente

Corpus desk

Index PT-meio-ambiente · meio ambiente · Portuguese

meio ambiente · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 13 letters
  • VOW-7 7 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "M" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Key facts for meio ambiente
PropertyValue
Headwordmeio ambiente
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechPhrase
Letters13
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “meio ambiente” em português

meio ambientenão entra no top 100.000 do português: zona de termos técnicos, arcaicos ou escassos.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

meio ambiente is uncommon Portuguese outside the top frequency list, classed as aphrase. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "conjunto de todos os fatores que afetam diretamente o metabolismo ou o comportamento dos seres vivos que habitam nesse ambiente".

No misspelling variants are generated for meio ambiente in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Portuguese form is meio ambiente, spelled M-E-I-O- -A-M-B-I-E-N-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    conjunto de todos os fatores que afetam diretamente o metabolismo ou o comportamento dos seres vivos que habitam nesse ambiente

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how meio ambiente appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Os ministros consideraram que o dano causado ao meio ambiente foi pequeno e não justificava uma sentença penal condenatória.

This word in other languages

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "meio ambiente"?
"meio ambiente" is spelled M-E-I-O- -A-M-B-I-E-N-T-E.
What does "meio ambiente" mean?
As a phrase, "meio ambiente" means: conjunto de todos os fatores que afetam diretamente o metabolismo ou o comportamento dos seres vivos que habitam nesse ambiente
What language does "meio ambiente" come from?
"meio ambiente" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list