pneumonia
Portuguese, noun/pnew.moˈni.ɐ/
pneumonia is spelled P-N-E-U-M-O-N-I-A (9 letters) and appears 3.3 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 16,248th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pneumonia is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “pneumonia (inflammation of the lungs)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “inflamação dos pulmões, provocada por bactéria ou vírus; pneumonite”.
What does pneumonia mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininepneumonia (inflammation 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. inflamação dos pulmões, provocada por bactéria ou vírus; pneumonite
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 pneumonia
- pneumonias plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pneumonia?
- Brazil /pnew.moˈni.ɐ/
- Brazil [pneʊ̯.moˈni.ɐ]
- Brazil /pi.new.moˈni.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 pneumonia
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is pneumonia in Portuguese?
pneumonia appears 3.3 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).