pleurisia
Portuguese, noun/plew.ɾiˈzi.ɐ/
pleurisia is spelled P-L-E-U-R-I-S-I-A (9 letters) and appears about once in every 23 million words in written Portuguese, the 142,541st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pleurisia is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “pleurisy (inflammation of the lung pleura)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does pleurisia mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininepleurisy (inflammation of the lung pleura)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of pleurisia
- pleurisias plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pleurisia?
- Brazil /plew.ɾiˈzi.ɐ/
- Brazil [pleʊ̯.ɾiˈzi.ɐ]
- Portugal /plew.ɾiˈzi.ɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to pleurisia
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is pleurisia in Portuguese?
pleurisia appears about once in every 23 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).