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micélio

Portuguese, noun/miˈsɛ.lju/

micélio is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “mycelium (the collection of filaments that constitute the vegetative part of fungi)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “conjunto de hifas dum fungo que formam uma trama para recolher os nutrientes”.

What does micélio mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinemycelium (the collection of filaments that constitute the vegetative part of fungi)

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

noun: 1. conjunto de hifas dum fungo que formam uma trama para recolher os nutrientes

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 micélio

  • micélios plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce micélio?

  • Brazil /miˈsɛ.lju/
  • Portugal /miˈsɛ.lju/

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to micélio

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is micélio in Portuguese?

micélio appears about once in every 14 million words in written Portuguese.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).