eclipse
Portuguese, noun/eˈklip.si/
eclipse is spelled E-C-L-I-P-S-E (7 letters) and appears 6.9 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 9,632nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Eclipse is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “eclipse” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present subjunctive of eclipsar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “fenômeno natural que consiste em um corpo celeste fazer sombra em outro; os tipos mais comuns são o eclipse…”.
What does eclipse mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineeclipse
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- 2
third-person singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. fenômeno natural que consiste em um corpo celeste fazer sombra em outro; os tipos mais comuns são o eclipse lunar e o eclipse solar 2. fenômeno linguístico no qual é acrescentada uma consoante na frente de uma palavra a fim de substituir o som da consoante inicial, tornando-o muda
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 eclipse
- eclipses plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce eclipse?
- Brazil /eˈklip.si/
- Brazil /eˈkli.pi.si/
- Portugal /eˈklip.sɨ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to eclipse
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is eclipse in Portuguese?
eclipse appears 6.9 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).