columbário
Portuguese, noun/ko.lũˈba.ɾju/
columbário is spelled C-O-L-U-M-B-Á-R-I-O (10 letters) and appears about once in every 85 million words in written Portuguese, the 251,849th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Columbário is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “columbarium” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “um pombal”.
What does columbário mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecolumbarium
- 2
masculinecolumbarium (building or vault for the storage of cinerary urns containing cremated remains)
- 3
masculinesynonym of pombal
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. um pombal 2. construção usada para o depósito de urnas com cinzas de cadáveres após a cremação
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 columbário
- columbários plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce columbário?
- Brazil /ko.lũˈba.ɾju/
- Portugal /ku.lũˈba.ɾju/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to columbário
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is columbário in Portuguese?
columbário appears about once in every 85 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).