simbiose
Portuguese, noun/sĩ.biˈɔ.zi/
simbiose is spelled S-I-M-B-I-O-S-E (8 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 41,403rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Simbiose is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “symbiosis” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “associação íntima e duradoura entre dois organismos de espécies diferentes, podendo ser benéfica para ambos…”.
What does simbiose mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininesymbiosis
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. associação íntima e duradoura entre dois organismos de espécies diferentes, podendo ser benéfica para ambos (mutualismo), benéfica para um e neutra para o outro (comensalismo) ou benéfica para um e prejudicial para o outro (parasitismo) 2. relação de interdependência ou cooperação estreita entre pessoas, grupos ou ideias
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 simbiose
- simbioses plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce simbiose?
- Brazil /sĩ.biˈɔ.zi/
- Brazil /sĩˈbjɔ.zi/
- Portugal /sĩˈbjɔ.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 simbiose
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is simbiose in Portuguese?
simbiose appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).