códice
Portuguese, noun/ˈkɔ.d͡ʒi.si/
códice is spelled C-Ó-D-I-C-E (6 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written Portuguese, the 62,059th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Códice is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “codex (early manuscript book)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “manuscrito em pergaminho cujas folhas se unem como num livro”.
What does códice mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecodex (early manuscript book)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. manuscrito em pergaminho cujas folhas se unem como num livro 2. compilação metódica de documentos históricos, leis etc 3. manuscrito ou exemplar antigo de obra de autor clássico 4. entre os antigos romanos, tábula (placa com cera, na qual se escrevia), ou conjunto de tábulas unidas de modo a poderem ser dobradas, formando conjunto similar a códice¹ ou livro
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 códice
- códices plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce códice?
- Brazil /ˈkɔ.d͡ʒi.si/
- Portugal /ˈkɔ.di.sɨ/
- Portugal [ˈkɔ.ði.sɨ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to códice
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is códice in Portuguese?
códice appears about once in every 4 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).