perigeu
Portuguese, noun/pe.ɾiˈʒew/
perigeu is spelled P-E-R-I-G-E-U (7 letters) and appears about once in every 12 million words in written Portuguese, the 104,744th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Perigeu is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “perigee (the point on the Moon's orbit, on the orbit of an artificial satellite or on the Sun's orbit in apparent annual motion, which is…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ponto da órbita de um astro ou satélite em torno da Terra, no qual ele se encontra mais próximo de nosso…”.
What does perigeu mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineperigee (the point on the Moon's orbit, on the orbit of an artificial satellite or on the Sun's orbit in apparent annual motion, which is closest to the Earth)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ponto da órbita de um astro ou satélite em torno da Terra, no qual ele se encontra mais próximo de nosso planeta 2. o ponto ou grau mais baixo
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 perigeu
- perigeus plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce perigeu?
- Brazil /pe.ɾiˈʒew/
- Brazil [pe.ɾiˈʒeʊ̯]
- Portugal /pɨ.ɾiˈʒew/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to perigeu
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is perigeu in Portuguese?
perigeu appears about once in every 12 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).