ornitóptero
Portuguese, noun/oʁ.niˈtɔ.pi.te.ɾu/
ornitóptero is spelled O-R-N-I-T-Ó-P-T-E-R-O (11 letters) and appears about once in every 72 million words in written Portuguese, the 233,859th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ornitóptero is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “ornithopter (aircraft that flaps its wings)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “máquina semelhante a pássaro ou avião, que voa por meio da agitação das asas”.
What does ornitóptero mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineornithopter (aircraft that flaps its wings)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. máquina semelhante a pássaro ou avião, que voa por meio da agitação das asas
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 ornitóptero
- ornitópteros plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ornitóptero?
- Brazil /oʁ.niˈtɔ.pi.te.ɾu/
- Brazil [oɦ.niˈtɔ.pi.te.ɾu]
- Brazil /oʁ.niˈtɔp.te.ɾu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to ornitóptero
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ornitóptero in Portuguese?
ornitóptero appears about once in every 72 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).