polidipsia
Portuguese, noun/ˌpɔ.li.d͡ʒi.piˈsi.ɐ/
polidipsia is spelled P-O-L-I-D-I-P-S-I-A (10 letters) and appears about once in every 35 million words in written Portuguese, the 169,452nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Polidipsia is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “polydipsia (excessive thirst)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “sede excessiva”.
What does polidipsia mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininepolydipsia (excessive thirst)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. sede excessiva
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 polidipsia
- polidipsias plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce polidipsia?
- Brazil /ˌpɔ.li.d͡ʒi.piˈsi.ɐ/
- Brazil /ˌpɔ.li.d͡ʒipˈsi.ɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is polidipsia in Portuguese?
polidipsia appears about once in every 35 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).