microssegundo
Portuguese, noun/ˌmi.kɾo.seˈɡũ.du/
microssegundo is spelled M-I-C-R-O-S-S-E-G-U-N-D-O (13 letters) and appears about once in every 49 million words in written Portuguese, the 197,229th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Microssegundo is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “microsecond (unit of time equal to one millionth of a second)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does microssegundo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinemicrosecond (unit of time equal to one millionth of a second)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of microssegundo
- microssegundos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce microssegundo?
- Brazil /ˌmi.kɾo.seˈɡũ.du/
- Portugal /ˌmi.kɾɔ.sɨˈɡũ.du/
- Portugal [ˌmi.kɾɔ.sɨˈɣũ.du]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to microssegundo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is microssegundo in Portuguese?
microssegundo appears about once in every 49 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).