eloquência
Portuguese, noun
eloquência is spelled E-L-O-Q-U-Ê-N-C-I-A (10 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 50,402nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Eloquência is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “eloquence (artistry and persuasiveness in speech or writing)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a diaeresis, eloqüência is a different word: “pre-reform spelling (used until 1990 in Brazil and 1945 in Portugal)…”. With an accent, eloqùência is a different word: “pre-reform spelling (used until 1920) of eloquência”. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “capacidade de falar e exprimir-se com facilidade; oratória”.
What does eloquência mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineeloquence (artistry and persuasiveness in speech or writing)
noun
- 1
femininepre-reform spelling (used until 1990 in Brazil and 1945 in Portugal) of eloquência; may still occur as a sporadic misspelling
noun
- 1
femininepre-reform spelling (used until 1920) of eloquência
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. vide eloquência
noun: 1. capacidade de falar e exprimir-se com facilidade; oratória 2. capacidade de persuadir através da palavra 3. arte do bem falar; retórica, facúndia 4. expressividade
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 eloquência
- eloquências plural
- eloqüência alternative
- eloqùência alternative
- eloqüências plural
- eloqùências plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to eloquência
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is eloquência in Portuguese?
eloquência appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).