dactiloscopia
Portuguese, noun/da.ʧi.loʃ.ko.ˈpi.ɐ/, /da.ʧi.los.ko.ˈpi.ɐ/ (menos comum)
dactiloscopia is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “alternative form of datiloscopia” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “exame ou estudo dos dedos, nomeadamente das impressões digitais”.
What does dactiloscopia mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininealternative form of datiloscopia
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. exame ou estudo dos dedos, nomeadamente das impressões digitais 2. sistema de identificação humana, por meio das impressões digitais 3. o mesmo que dactilomancia
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 dactiloscopia
- dactiloscopias plural
- (Vocábulo com dupla grafia: datiloscopia) canonical
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce dactiloscopia?
- /da.ʧi.loʃ.ko.ˈpi.ɐ/, /da.ʧi.los.ko.ˈpi.ɐ/ (menos comum)
- /da.tSi.loS.ko.pi.6/, /da.tSi.los.ko.pi.6/ (menos comum)
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is dactiloscopia in Portuguese?
dactiloscopia appears about once in every 89 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).