columbofilia
Portuguese, noun/ko.lũ.bo.fiˈli.ɐ/
columbofilia is spelled C-O-L-U-M-B-O-F-I-L-I-A (12 letters) and appears about once in every 42 million words in written Portuguese, the 183,862nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Columbofilia is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “pigeon fancying” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does columbofilia mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininepigeon fancying
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of columbofilia
- columbofilias plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce columbofilia?
- Brazil /ko.lũ.bo.fiˈli.ɐ/
- Portugal /ku.lũ.bu.fiˈli.ɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is columbofilia in Portuguese?
columbofilia appears about once in every 42 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).