peritoneu
Portuguese, noun/pe.ɾi.toˈnew/
peritoneu is spelled P-E-R-I-T-O-N-E-U (9 letters) and appears about once in every 48 million words in written Portuguese, the 195,116th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Peritoneu is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “peritoneum (membrane lining the cavity of the abdomen)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does peritoneu mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineperitoneum (membrane lining the cavity of the abdomen)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of peritoneu
- peritoneus plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce peritoneu?
- Brazil /pe.ɾi.toˈnew/
- Brazil [pe.ɾi.toˈneʊ̯]
- Portugal /pɨ.ɾi.tuˈnew/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to peritoneu
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is peritoneu in Portuguese?
peritoneu appears about once in every 48 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).