dialetologia
Portuguese, noun/d͡ʒi.a.le.to.loˈʒi.ɐ/
dialetologia is spelled D-I-A-L-E-T-O-L-O-G-I-A (12 letters) and appears about once in every 39 million words in written Portuguese, the 178,247th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Dialetologia is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “dialectology (the study of dialects)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “parte da linguística que estuda os dialetos”.
What does dialetologia mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininedialectology (the study of dialects)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. parte da linguística que estuda os dialetos
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.
How do you pronounce dialetologia?
- Brazil /d͡ʒi.a.le.to.loˈʒi.ɐ/
- Brazil /d͡ʒja.le.to.loˈʒi.ɐ/
- Portugal /di.ɐ.lɛ.tu.luˈʒi.ɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to dialetologia
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is dialetologia in Portuguese?
dialetologia appears about once in every 39 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).