poliomielite
Portuguese, noun/ˌpɔ.li.o.mi.eˈli.t͡ʃi/
poliomielite is spelled P-O-L-I-O-M-I-E-L-I-T-E (12 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese, the 39,523rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Poliomielite is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “poliomyelitis (infection by the poliovirus)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “qualquer inflamação da substância cinza da medula espinhal; doença de Heine-Medin”.
What does poliomielite mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininepoliomyelitis (infection by the poliovirus)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. qualquer inflamação da substância cinza da medula espinhal; doença de Heine-Medin
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 poliomielite
- poliomielites plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce poliomielite?
- Brazil /ˌpɔ.li.o.mi.eˈli.t͡ʃi/
- Brazil /ˌpɔ.ljo.mjeˈli.t͡ʃi/
- Portugal /ˌpɔ.ljɔ.mjɛˈli.tɨ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to poliomielite
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is poliomielite in Portuguese?
poliomielite appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).