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degenerescência

Portuguese, noun/de.ʒe.ne.ɾeˈsẽ.sjɐ/

degenerescência is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “degeneration” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

What does degenerescência mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininedegeneration

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

Forms of degenerescência

  • degenerescências plural

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

How do you pronounce degenerescência?

  • Brazil /de.ʒe.ne.ɾeˈsẽ.sjɐ/
  • Portugal /dɨ.ʒɨ.nɨ.ɾɨʃˈsẽ.sjɐ/
  • Portugal /dɨ.ʒɨ.nɨ.ɾɨˈʃẽ.sjɐ/

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

How common is degenerescência in Portuguese?

degenerescência appears about once in every 8 million words in written Portuguese.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).