ônix
Portuguese, noun
ônix is spelled Ô-N-I-X (4 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written Portuguese, the 62,709th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ônix is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “Brazilian Portuguese standard spelling of ónix” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, ónix is a different word: “onyx (a banded variety of chalcedony)”. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “variedade de calcedônia, uma forma de quartzo”.
What does ônix mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineBrazilian Portuguese standard spelling of ónix
noun
- 1
masculineonyx (a banded variety of chalcedony)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. o mesmo que ônix 2. ágata muito fina
noun: 1. variedade de calcedônia, uma forma de quartzo
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 ônix
- ônix alternative Brazil
- onyx alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to ônix
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ônix in Portuguese?
ônix appears about once in every 4 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).