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datiloscopia

Portuguese, noun/da.t͡ʃi.los.koˈpi.ɐ/

datiloscopia is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “dactyloscopy (forensic analysis of fingerprints)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “parte da papiloscopia que estuda as papilas dérmicas digitais”.

What does datiloscopia mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininedactyloscopy (forensic analysis of fingerprints)

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

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

noun: 1. parte da papiloscopia que estuda as papilas dérmicas digitais 2. sistema de identificação humana, por meio das impressões digitais 3. o mesmo que datilomancia

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 datiloscopia

  • datiloscopias plural
  • dactiloscopia alternative Portugal

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce datiloscopia?

  • Brazil /da.t͡ʃi.los.koˈpi.ɐ/
  • /da.t͡ʃi.loʃ.koˈpi.ɐ/
  • Portugal /dɐ.ti.lɔʃ.kuˈpi.ɐ/

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