periósteo
Portuguese, noun/pe.ɾiˈɔs.t͡ʃju/
periósteo is spelled P-E-R-I-Ó-S-T-E-O (9 letters) and appears about once in every 18 million words in written Portuguese, the 125,896th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Periósteo is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “periosteum (membrane surrounding a bone)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does periósteo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineperiosteum (membrane surrounding a bone)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of periósteo
- periósteos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce periósteo?
- Brazil /pe.ɾiˈɔs.t͡ʃju/
- Brazil /peˈɾjɔs.t͡ʃju/
- /pe.ɾiˈɔʃ.t͡ʃju/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to periósteo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is periósteo in Portuguese?
periósteo appears about once in every 18 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).