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prótese

Portuguese, noun/ˈpɾɔ.te.zi/

prótese is spelled P-R-Ó-T-E-S-E (7 letters) and appears 1.4 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 27,777th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Prótese is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “prosthesis (artificial replacement for a body part)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “componente artificial que tem por finalidade suprir necessidades e funções de indivíduos sequelados por…”.

What does prótese mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    feminineprosthesis (artificial replacement for a body part)

  2. 2

    feminineprothesis (prepending of phonemes at the beginning of a word)

  3. 3

    feminineanacrusis (unstressed note or notes before the first strong beat)

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

noun: 1. componente artificial que tem por finalidade suprir necessidades e funções de indivíduos sequelados por amputações 2. aparelho que substitui ou melhora a atuação de uma função natural do corpo 3. acréscimo de letra ou sílaba no princípio da palavra (por exemplo, de mostrar formou-se amostrar; de ruinar formou-se arruinar; de baixar formou-se abaixar)

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 prótese

  • próteses plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce prótese?

  • Brazil /ˈpɾɔ.te.zi/
  • Portugal /ˈpɾɔ.tɨ.zɨ/

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to prótese

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is prótese in Portuguese?

prótese appears 1.4 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).

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