microfonia
Portuguese, noun/ˌmi.kɾo.foˈni.ɐ/
microfonia is spelled M-I-C-R-O-F-O-N-I-A (10 letters) and appears about once in every 26 million words in written Portuguese, the 150,070th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Microfonia is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “feedback (high-pitched noise heard when a microphone is near a speaker)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “barulho que ocorre quando um microfone que gera o som reproduzido por um alto-falante recebe o mesmo…”.
What does microfonia mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininefeedback (high-pitched noise heard when a microphone is near a speaker)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. barulho que ocorre quando um microfone que gera o som reproduzido por um alto-falante recebe o mesmo; normalmente gerado pela proximidade dos dois
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 microfonia
- microfonias plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce microfonia?
- Brazil /ˌmi.kɾo.foˈni.ɐ/
- Portugal /ˌmi.kɾɔ.fuˈni.ɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is microfonia in Portuguese?
microfonia appears about once in every 26 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).