roaz
Portuguese, noun/ʁoˈa(j)s/
roaz is spelled R-O-A-Z (4 letters) and appears about once in every 59 million words in written Portuguese, the 213,834th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Roaz is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “name for a group of cetacean animals such as the bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “nome para alguns cetáceos menores, golfinhos, botos; nome científico Tursiops truncatus”.
What does roaz mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininemasculinewhich gnaws
- 2
femininemasculinewhich destroys
- 3
femininemasculinewhich devours
noun
- 1
masculinename for a group of cetacean animals such as the bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. nome para alguns cetáceos menores, golfinhos, botos; nome científico Tursiops truncatus.
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 roaz
- roazes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce roaz?
- Brazil /ʁoˈa(j)s/
- Brazil [hoˈa(ɪ̯)s]
- /ʁoˈa(j)ʃ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is roaz in Portuguese?
roaz appears about once in every 59 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).