placenta
Portuguese, noun/plaˈsẽ.tɐ/
placenta is spelled P-L-A-C-E-N-T-A (8 letters) and appears 1.9 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 22,895th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Placenta is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “placenta” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “nos mamíferos eutérios, órgão vascular que une o feto à parede do útero materno, permitindo a passagem de…”.
What does placenta mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineplacenta
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. nos mamíferos eutérios, órgão vascular que une o feto à parede do útero materno, permitindo a passagem de materiais nutritivos e oxigênio para o sangue fetal e a eliminação de dióxido de carbono e resíduos nitrogenados 2. qualquer órgão análogo, presente em outros animais vivíparos 3. tecido que constitui a folha carpelar e no qual se insere e se desenvolve um ou mais óvulos; trofosperma
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 placenta
- placentas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce placenta?
- Brazil /plaˈsẽ.tɐ/
- Portugal /plɐˈsẽ.tɐ/
- Portugal /plɐ.ˈsẽ.tɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to placenta
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is placenta in Portuguese?
placenta appears 1.9 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).