tireóide
Portuguese, noun
tireóide is spelled T-I-R-E-Ó-I-D-E (8 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese, the 39,523rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tireóide is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “pre-reform spelling (used until 1990) of tireoide; still used where the agreement hasn’t come into effect and may occur as a sporadic…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). Without its accent, tireoide is a different word: “thyroid”. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “vide tireoide”.
What does tireóide mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinepre-reform spelling (used until 1990) of tireoide; still used where the agreement hasn’t come into effect and may occur as a sporadic misspelling
noun
- 1
femininemasculinethyroid
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. vide tireoide
noun: 1. uma das maiores glândulas endócrinas do corpo; é uma estrutura de dois lobos localizada no pescoço (em frente à traqueia) e produz hormônios, principalmente tiroxina e triiodotironina
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 tireóide
- tireoides plural
- tireóides plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is tireóide in Portuguese?
tireóide 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).