conclave
Portuguese, noun/kõˈkla.vi/
conclave is spelled C-O-N-C-L-A-V-E (8 letters) and appears 1.1 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 31,281st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Conclave is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “conclave (meeting to select a new pope)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “reunião de cardeais para eleger novo papa”.
What does conclave mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineconclave (meeting to select a new pope)
- 2
masculineconclave (group of cardinals assembled to elect a new pope)
- 3
masculineconclave (set of apartments in which cardinals are secluded while the process to elect a pope takes place)
- 4
masculineconclave (private and secret meeting)
Near-synonyms: encontro, reunião
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. reunião de cardeais para eleger novo papa 2. assembleia de pessoas que se juntam para tratar de qualquer assunto 3. congresso 4. local onde se fazem essas reuniões
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 conclave
- conclaves plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce conclave?
- Brazil /kõˈkla.vi/
- Portugal /kõˈkla.vɨ/
- Portugal /kõˈkla.bɨ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to conclave
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is conclave in Portuguese?
conclave appears 1.1 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).