Polyglot Dictionary

raio-x

/ˈʁaju ˈʃis/

o noun A2

o (masc.) a (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Core Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
os raios-x

Meaning

  1. X-ray

    • O médico pediu um raio-x do braço.

      The doctor requested an X-ray of the arm.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

radiografia

radiografia and raio-x are close synonyms for "X-ray"; raio-x is more colloquial, radiografia more the formal medical term for the image itself.

Similar in other languages

German

Röntgenbild

Röntgenbild is the German word for the same thing — both mean "X-ray."

Spanish

radiografía

radiografía is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "X-ray."

Practice

1 What does raio-x mean?

2 Fill the gap: O médico pediu um ___-x do braço.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches raio-x?

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