pelicano
Portuguese, noun/pe.liˈkɐ̃.nu/
pelicano is spelled P-E-L-I-C-A-N-O (8 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 49,356th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pelicano is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “pelican (any of various seabirds of the family Pelecanidae)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ave da ordem dos Pelecaniformes (família Pelecanidae) que tem como característica principal o longo pescoço…”.
What does pelicano mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinepelican (any of various seabirds of the family Pelecanidae)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ave da ordem dos Pelecaniformes (família Pelecanidae) que tem como característica principal o longo pescoço que contém uma bolsa na qual armazena alimento 2. instrumento para arrancar dentes 3. boticão 4. fórceps
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 pelicano
- pelicanos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pelicano?
- Brazil /pe.liˈkɐ̃.nu/
- Portugal /pɨ.liˈkɐ.nu/
- Portugal /pɨ.liˈka.nu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to pelicano
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is pelicano in Portuguese?
pelicano appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).