pelágico

//peˈla.ʒi.ku/ (X-SAMPA: /pe."la.Zi.ku/)/ adj

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8 characters

Language

Portuguese

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pelágico is anPortugueseadj. It means: que diz respeito a pélago, ao alto mar Pronounced /peˈla.ʒi.ku/ (X-SAMPA: /pe."la.Zi.ku/).

Key facts for pelágico
PropertyValue
Headwordpelágico
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdj
IPA/peˈla.ʒi.ku/ (X-SAMPA: /pe."la.Zi.ku/)
Letters8
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

pelágico is not present in the top-100,000 ranked Portuguese corpus, typical for technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary.

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for pelágico is 8 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /peˈla.ʒi.ku/ (X-SAMPA: /pe."la.Zi.ku/). It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader.Wiktionary records 7 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No misspelling variants are generated for pelágico in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Portuguese patterns.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Portuguese form is pelágico, spelled P-E-L-Á-G-I-C-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    que diz respeito a pélago, ao alto mar
  2. 2
    que diz respeito a pélago, ao alto mar
  3. 3
    que diz respeito a pélago, ao alto mar
  4. 4
    relativo ao mar, ao oceano
  5. 5
    relativo aos seres que habitam as regiões de alto mar
  6. 6
    relativo aos fenômenos meteorológicos que ocorrem em alto mar
  7. 7
    referente às aves que levam sua vida sobre o mar alto, vindo à terra apenas para a reprodução

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "pelágico"?
"pelágico" is spelled P-E-L-Á-G-I-C-O. The IPA pronunciation is /peˈla.ʒi.ku/ (X-SAMPA: /pe."la.Zi.ku/).
What does "pelágico" mean?
As an adj, "pelágico" means: que diz respeito a pélago, ao alto mar
How do you pronounce "pelágico"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "pelágico" is /peˈla.ʒi.ku/ (X-SAMPA: /pe."la.Zi.ku/). Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "pelágico" come from?
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.