mongolóide
Portuguese, noun
mongolóide is spelled M-O-N-G-O-L-Ó-I-D-E (10 letters) and appears about once in every 7 million words in written Portuguese, the 81,937th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Mongolóide is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “pre-reform spelling (used until 1990) of mongoloide; still used where the agreement hasn’t come into effect and may occur as a sporadic…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). Without its accent, mongoloide is a different word: “mongoloid (member of the race native to North Asia, East Asia…”.
What does mongolóide mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemasculinepre-reform spelling (used until 1990) of mongoloide; still used where the agreement hasn’t come into effect and may occur as a sporadic misspelling
adjective
- 1
femininemasculinepre-reform spelling (used until 1990) of mongoloide; still used where the agreement hasn’t come into effect and may occur as a sporadic misspelling
noun
- 1
femininemasculinemongoloid (member of the race native to North Asia, East Asia, Oceania and Greenland)
- 2
femininemasculineoffensivemongoloid (someone with Down’s syndrome)
- 3
femininemasculineoffensivemongoloid; retard; idiot (generic term of abuse)
adjective
- 1
femininemasculineoffensivehaving Down's syndrome
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. que se refere a pessoa com síndrome de Down 2. relativo aos mongóis 3. relativo à raça amarela em classificações antropológicas antigas
noun: 1. pessoa com síndrome de Down 2. indivíduo pertencente à raça amarela em classificações antropológicas antigas
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 mongolóide
- mongoloides plural
- mongolóide alternative
- mongolóides plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to mongolóide
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is mongolóide in Portuguese?
mongolóide appears about once in every 7 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).