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cult

Portuguese, adjective/ˈkuwt͡ʃ/

cult is spelled C-U-L-T (4 letters) and appears 2.1 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 21,687th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cult is a Portuguese adjective meaning “cult (enjoyed by a small, loyal group)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “aquilo que é cultuado nos meios intelectuais e artísticos”.

What does cult mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    Brazilcult (enjoyed by a small, loyal group)

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. aquilo que é cultuado nos meios intelectuais e artísticos

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.

How do you pronounce cult?

  • Brazil /ˈkuwt͡ʃ/
  • Brazil [ˈkuʊ̯t͡ʃ]
  • Brazil /ˈkuw.t͡ʃi/

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to cult

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is cult in Portuguese?

cult appears 2.1 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).

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