silicone
Portuguese, noun/si.liˈko.ni/
silicone is spelled S-I-L-I-C-O-N-E (8 letters) and appears 5.0 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 12,197th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Silicone is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “silicone (any of a class of inert compounds of silicon)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “polímero inorgânico derivado do polisiloxano, constituído por uma série de átomos de silício e oxigênio…”.
What does silicone mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesilicone (any of a class of inert compounds of silicon)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. polímero inorgânico derivado do polisiloxano, constituído por uma série de átomos de silício e oxigênio alternados
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 silicone
- silicones plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce silicone?
- Brazil /si.liˈko.ni/
- Portugal /si.liˈkɔ.nɨ/
- Portugal /sɨ.liˈkɔ.nɨ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to silicone
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is silicone in Portuguese?
silicone appears 5.0 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).