deus
Portuguese, noun/ˈdews/
deus is spelled D-E-U-S (4 letters) and appears 692 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 130th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Deus is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “god; deity” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “numa religião, ser sobrenatural de poderes sobre-humanos”.
What does deus mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinegod; deity
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. numa religião, ser sobrenatural de poderes sobre-humanos
noun: 1. nas religiões monoteístas, o ser supremo, criador do universo 2. o ser absoluto 3. segundo o dogma de algumas religiões, o ente infinito, eterno, sobrenatural e existente por si só, a causa necessária e fim último de tudo que existe
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 deus
- deuses plural
- deusa feminine
- deia feminine poetic
- deusas feminine plural
- deias feminine plural poetic
- deos alternative obsolete
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce deus?
- Brazil /ˈdews/
- Brazil [ˈdeʊ̯s]
- /ˈdewʃ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to deus
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is deus in Portuguese?
deus appears 692 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).