pneumoconiose
Portuguese, noun/piˌnew.mo.ko.niˈɔ.zi/
pneumoconiose is spelled P-N-E-U-M-O-C-O-N-I-O-S-E (13 letters) and appears about once in every 25 million words in written Portuguese, the 146,979th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pneumoconiose is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “pneumoconiosis (disease of the lungs)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “abreviação do substantivo pneumoultramicroscopicossilicovulcanoconiose”.
What does pneumoconiose mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininepneumoconiosis (disease of the lungs)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. abreviação do substantivo pneumoultramicroscopicossilicovulcanoconiose
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.
How do you pronounce pneumoconiose?
- Brazil /piˌnew.mo.ko.niˈɔ.zi/
- Brazil [piˌneʊ̯.mo.ko.niˈɔ.zi]
- Brazil /piˌnew.mo.koˈnjɔ.zi/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to pneumoconiose
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is pneumoconiose in Portuguese?
pneumoconiose appears about once in every 25 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).