civilidade
Portuguese, noun/si.vi.liˈda.d͡ʒi/
civilidade is spelled C-I-V-I-L-I-D-A-D-E (10 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese, the 39,050th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Civilidade is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “civility (behaviour which conforms to social conventions)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “urbanidade, cortesia”.
What does civilidade mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininecivility (behaviour which conforms to social conventions)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. urbanidade, cortesia
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 civilidade
- civilidades plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce civilidade?
- Brazil /si.vi.liˈda.d͡ʒi/
- Portugal /si.vi.liˈda.dɨ/
- Portugal [si.vi.liˈða.ðɨ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to civilidade
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is civilidade in Portuguese?
civilidade 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).