oócito
Portuguese, noun/oˈɔ.si.tu/
oócito is spelled O-Ó-C-I-T-O (6 letters) and appears about once in every 36 million words in written Portuguese, the 172,935th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Oócito is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “oocyte (cell that develops into an egg or ovum)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “gâmeta feminino que ainda não atingiu a maturidade”.
What does oócito mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineoocyte (cell that develops into an egg or ovum)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. gâmeta feminino que ainda não atingiu a maturidade
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 oócito
- oócitos plural
- ovócito alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce oócito?
- Brazil /oˈɔ.si.tu/
- Portugal /ˈwɔ.si.tu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to oócito
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is oócito in Portuguese?
oócito appears about once in every 36 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).