unicelular
Portuguese, adjective/u.ni.se.luˈlaʁ/
unicelular is spelled U-N-I-C-E-L-U-L-A-R (10 letters) and appears about once in every 7 million words in written Portuguese, the 81,082nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Unicelular is a Portuguese feminine adjective meaning “unicellular” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “se diz do ser vivo que possui somente uma célula (como as amebas, por exemplo)”.
What does unicelular mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininemasculineunicellular
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. se diz do ser vivo que possui somente uma célula (como as amebas, por exemplo)
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 unicelular
- unicelulares plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce unicelular?
- Brazil /u.ni.se.luˈlaʁ/
- Brazil [u.ni.se.luˈlah]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to unicelular
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is unicelular in Portuguese?
unicelular appears about once in every 7 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).