DCE
Portuguese, noun/ˌdeˌseˈɛ/
DCE is spelled D-C-E (3 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 44,272nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). DCE is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “initialism of Diretório Central dos Estudantes (“Central Directory of Students, an entity representing all students of a higher learning…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does DCE mean in English?
noun
- 1
Brazilmasculineinitialism of Diretório Central dos Estudantes (“Central Directory of Students, an entity representing all students of a higher learning institution”)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of DCE
- DCEs plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce DCE?
- Brazil /ˌdeˌseˈɛ/
- Portugal /ˌdeˌseˈɛ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is DCE in Portuguese?
DCE appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).