ornitorrinco
Portuguese, noun/oʁˌni.toˈʁĩ.ku/
ornitorrinco is spelled O-R-N-I-T-O-R-R-I-N-C-O (12 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese, the 54,308th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ornitorrinco is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “mamífero monotremado da família dos ornitorrinquídeos”.
What does ornitorrinco mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineplatypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. mamífero monotremado da família dos ornitorrinquídeos
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 ornitorrinco
- ornitorrincos plural
- ornintorrinco alternative nonstandard
- ornithorhyncho alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ornitorrinco?
- Brazil /oʁˌni.toˈʁĩ.ku/
- Brazil [oɦˌni.toˈhĩ.ku]
- /oɾˌni.toˈʁĩ.ku/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to ornitorrinco
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ornitorrinco in Portuguese?
ornitorrinco appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).