olíbano
Portuguese, noun/oˈli.ba.nu/
olíbano is spelled O-L-Í-B-A-N-O (7 letters) and appears about once in every 19 million words in written Portuguese, the 129,832nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Olíbano is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “frankincense; olibanum (gum resin from trees of the genus Boswellia)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does olíbano mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinefrankincense; olibanum (gum resin from trees of the genus Boswellia)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of olíbano
- olíbanos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce olíbano?
- Brazil /oˈli.ba.nu/
- Portugal /ɔˈli.bɐ.nu/
- Portugal [ɔˈli.βɐ.nu]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to olíbano
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is olíbano in Portuguese?
olíbano appears about once in every 19 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).