pleurite
Portuguese, noun/plewˈɾi.t͡ʃi/
pleurite is spelled P-L-E-U-R-I-T-E (8 letters) and appears about once in every 42 million words in written Portuguese, the 183,862nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pleurite is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “pleurisy (inflammation of the lung pleura)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does pleurite 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 pleurite
- pleurites plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pleurite?
- Brazil /plewˈɾi.t͡ʃi/
- Brazil [pleʊ̯ˈɾi.t͡ʃi]
- Portugal /plewˈɾi.tɨ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to pleurite
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is pleurite in Portuguese?
pleurite appears about once in every 42 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).