petricor
Portuguese, noun/pe.tɾiˈkoʁ/
petricor is spelled P-E-T-R-I-C-O-R (8 letters). Petricor is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “petrichor (earthy scent produced when rain falls on dry soil)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “odor que gera a chuva ao começar a molhar o solo”.
What does petricor mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinepetrichor (earthy scent produced when rain falls on dry soil)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. odor que gera a chuva ao começar a molhar o solo
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 petricor
- petricores plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce petricor?
- Brazil /pe.tɾiˈkoʁ/
- Brazil [pe.tɾiˈkoh]
- /pe.tɾiˈkoɾ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to petricor
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.