onyx

Portuguese, noun

onyx is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of ónix” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

What does onyx mean in English?

noun

1
masculinepre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of ónix

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

How common is onyx in Portuguese?

onyx appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese.

onyx0.0010.010.11101001,00010,000

rarerper million words of written Portuguesemore common

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