cientologia
Portuguese, noun/si.ẽ.to.loˈʒi.ɐ/
cientologia is spelled C-I-E-N-T-O-L-O-G-I-A (11 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese, the 39,050th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cientologia is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “Scientology (belief system developed by L. Ron Hubbard)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “corrente de pensamento filosófico religioso que, tendo sua origem nos Estados Unidos, na década de 1950…”.
What does cientologia mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineScientology (belief system developed by L. Ron Hubbard)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. corrente de pensamento filosófico religioso que, tendo sua origem nos Estados Unidos, na década de 1950, baseia-se na crença de que o ser humano é um ente espiritual de vida eterna
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.
How do you pronounce cientologia?
- Brazil /si.ẽ.to.loˈʒi.ɐ/
- Brazil /sjẽ.to.loˈʒi.ɐ/
- Portugal /sjẽ.tu.luˈʒi.ɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is cientologia in Portuguese?
cientologia appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).