dêixis
Portuguese, noun/ˈdejk.sis/
dêixis is spelled D-Ê-I-X-I-S (6 letters) and appears about once in every 78 million words in written Portuguese, the 241,242nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Dêixis is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “deixis (reference requiring context to be understood)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “característica de alguns elementos linguísticos de "apontarem" para outros dentro de uma frase, através de…”.
What does dêixis mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininedeixis (reference requiring context to be understood)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. característica de alguns elementos linguísticos de "apontarem" para outros dentro de uma frase, através de categorias como tempo, espaço e pessoa (como por exemplo certos tipos de pronomes)
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 dêixis
- díxis alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce dêixis?
- Brazil /ˈdejk.sis/
- Brazil [ˈdeɪ̯k.sis]
- /ˈdejk.siʃ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to dêixis
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is dêixis in Portuguese?
dêixis appears about once in every 78 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).