polietileno
Portuguese, noun/ˌpɔ.li.e.t͡ʃiˈlẽ.nu/
polietileno is spelled P-O-L-I-E-T-I-L-E-N-O (11 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 48,837th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Polietileno is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “polyethylene” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “matéria plástica que resulta da polimerização do etileno”.
What does polietileno mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinepolyethylene
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. matéria plástica que resulta da polimerização do etileno
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 polietileno
- polietilenos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce polietileno?
- Brazil /ˌpɔ.li.e.t͡ʃiˈlẽ.nu/
- Portugal /ˌpɔ.li.e.tiˈle.nu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to polietileno
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is polietileno in Portuguese?
polietileno appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).