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botânica

Portuguese, noun/boˈtɐ̃.ni.kɐ/

botânica is spelled B-O-T-Â-N-I-C-A (8 letters) and appears 1.8 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 23,592nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Botânica is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “botany (scientific study of plants)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a feminine singular of botânico. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ciência que estuda os vegetais, descrevendo os seus caracteres e a sua classificação”.

What does botânica mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininebotany (scientific study of plants)

adjective

  1. 1

    femininefeminine singular of botânico

noun

  1. 1

    femininefemale equivalent of botânico

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

noun: 1. ciência que estuda os vegetais, descrevendo os seus caracteres e a sua classificação

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 botânica

  • botânicas plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce botânica?

  • Brazil /boˈtɐ̃.ni.kɐ/
  • Portugal /buˈtɐ.ni.kɐ/

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to botânica

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is botânica in Portuguese?

botânica appears 1.8 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).

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