tornassol
Portuguese, noun/toʁ.naˈsɔw/
tornassol is spelled T-O-R-N-A-S-S-O-L (9 letters) and appears about once in every 63 million words in written Portuguese, the 220,311th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tornassol is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “litmus (dyestuff extracted from lichen)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “girassol”.
What does tornassol mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinelitmus (dyestuff extracted from lichen)
- 2
masculinesunflower (any plant of the genus Helianthus, characterised by their large, yellow floral head)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. girassol
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 tornassol
- tornassóis plural
- tornasol alternative obsolete
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tornassol?
- Brazil /toʁ.naˈsɔw/
- Brazil [toɦ.naˈsɔʊ̯]
- /toɾ.naˈsɔw/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to tornassol
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is tornassol in Portuguese?
tornassol appears about once in every 63 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).