pluricelular
Portuguese, adjective/ˌplu.ɾi.se.luˈla(ʁ)/
pluricelular is spelled P-L-U-R-I-C-E-L-U-L-A-R (12 letters) and appears about once in every 56 million words in written Portuguese, the 209,413th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pluricelular is a Portuguese feminine adjective meaning “multicellular” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “se diz do ser vivo que possui mais de uma célula (como os seres humanos, por exemplo)”.
What does pluricelular mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininemasculinemulticellular
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. se diz do ser vivo que possui mais de uma célula (como os seres humanos, por exemplo)
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 pluricelular
- pluricelulares plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pluricelular?
- Brazil /ˌplu.ɾi.se.luˈla(ʁ)/
- Brazil [ˌplu.ɾi.se.luˈla(h)]
- Portugal /plu.ɾi.sɨ.lu.ˈlaɾ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is pluricelular in Portuguese?
pluricelular appears about once in every 56 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).