bibliotheca
Portuguese, noun
bibliotheca is spelled B-I-B-L-I-O-T-H-E-C-A (11 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 46,725th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bibliotheca is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of biblioteca” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “vide biblioteca”.
What does bibliotheca mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininepre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of biblioteca
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. vide biblioteca
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 bibliotheca
- bibliothecas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is bibliotheca in Portuguese?
bibliotheca appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).