dissertação
Portuguese, noun/d͡ʒi.seʁ.taˈsɐ̃w̃/
dissertação is spelled D-I-S-S-E-R-T-A-Ç-Ã-O (11 letters) and appears 3.9 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 14,534th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Dissertação is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “dissertation (formal exposition of a subject)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “trabalho acadêmico baseado em estudo teórico de natureza reflexiva, que consiste na ordenação de ideias sobre…”.
What does dissertação mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininedissertation (formal exposition of a subject)
- 2
femininemaster's thesis (written essay submitted for a MSc degree)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. trabalho acadêmico baseado em estudo teórico de natureza reflexiva, que consiste na ordenação de ideias sobre um determinado tema
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 dissertação
- dissertações plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce dissertação?
- Brazil /d͡ʒi.seʁ.taˈsɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [d͡ʒi.seh.taˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to dissertação
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is dissertação in Portuguese?
dissertação appears 3.9 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).