quark
Portuguese, noun/ˈkwaʁ.ki/
quark is spelled Q-U-A-R-K (5 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese, the 39,050th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Quark is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “quark (an elementary subatomic particle which forms matter)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “partícula elementar do Modelo Padrão, que constitui os prótons e os nêutrons”.
What does quark mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinequark (an elementary subatomic particle which forms matter)
noun
- 1
masculinequark (soft creamy cheese)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. partícula elementar do Modelo Padrão, que constitui os prótons e os nêutrons
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 quark
- quarks plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce quark?
- Brazil /ˈkwaʁ.ki/
- Brazil [ˈkwah.ki]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to quark
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is quark in Portuguese?
quark 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).