arquidiocese
Portuguese, noun/aʁ.ki.d͡ʒi.oˈsɛ.zi/
arquidiocese is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “archdiocese (area administered by an archbishop)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “diocese da qual dependem outras dioceses e que se encontra sob jurisdição eclesiástica de um arcebispado”.
What does arquidiocese mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininearchdiocese (area administered by an archbishop)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. diocese da qual dependem outras dioceses e que se encontra sob jurisdição eclesiástica de um arcebispado
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 arquidiocese
- arquidioceses plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce arquidiocese?
- Brazil /aʁ.ki.d͡ʒi.oˈsɛ.zi/
- Brazil [ah.ki.d͡ʒi.oˈsɛ.zi]
- Brazil /aʁ.ki.d͡ʒjoˈsɛ.zi/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to arquidiocese
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is arquidiocese in Portuguese?
arquidiocese appears 2.3 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).