forense
Portuguese, adjective/foˈɾẽ.si/
forense is spelled F-O-R-E-N-S-E (7 letters) and appears 4.8 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 12,620th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Forense is a Portuguese feminine adjective meaning “forensic (relating to the scientific investigation of evidence for a court of law)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “que diz respeito ao foro judicial”.
What does forense mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininemasculineforensic (relating to the scientific investigation of evidence for a court of law)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. que diz respeito ao foro judicial 2. relativo aos tribunais
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 forense
- forenses plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce forense?
- Brazil /foˈɾẽ.si/
- Portugal /fuˈɾẽ.sɨ/
- Portugal /fu.ˈɾẽ.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 forense
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is forense in Portuguese?
forense appears 4.8 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).