circunscrição
Portuguese, noun/siʁ.kũs.kɾiˈsɐ̃w̃/
circunscrição is spelled C-I-R-C-U-N-S-C-R-I-Ç-Ã-O (13 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese, the 40,483rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Circunscrição is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “circumscription” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “o ato ou efeito de circunscrever(-se)”.
What does circunscrição mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininecircumscription
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. o ato ou efeito de circunscrever(-se) 2. ação de circunscrever uma figura a outra 3. divisão administrativa, militar, eleitoral ou eclesiástica de um território
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 circunscrição
- circunscrições plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce circunscrição?
- Brazil /siʁ.kũs.kɾiˈsɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [sih.kũs.kɾiˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- /siɾ.kũs.kɾiˈsɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to circunscrição
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is circunscrição in Portuguese?
circunscrição 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).