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oleico

Portuguese, adjective

oleico is spelled O-L-E-I-C-O (6 letters) and appears about once in every 12 million words in written Portuguese, the 105,827th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Oleico is a Portuguese adjective meaning “oleic (of or relating to oleic acid)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, oléico is a different word: “pre-reform spelling (used until 1990) of oleico; may still occur as a…”. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ácido graxo que tem o código C18:1, também chamado de ômega 9”.

What does oleico mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    oleic (of or relating to oleic acid)

adjective

as oléico
  1. 1

    pre-reform spelling (used until 1990) of oleico; may still occur as a sporadic misspelling

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

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. ácido graxo que tem o código C18:1, também chamado de ômega 9

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 oleico

  • oleica feminine
  • oleicos masculine plural
  • oleicas feminine plural
  • oléico alternative
  • oléica feminine
  • oléicos masculine plural
  • oléicas feminine plural

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

English words that translate to oleico

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

How common is oleico in Portuguese?

oleico appears about once in every 12 million words in written Portuguese.

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

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