franciscano
Portuguese, noun/fɾɐ̃.sisˈkɐ̃.nu/
franciscano is spelled F-R-A-N-C-I-S-C-A-N-O (11 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 43,330th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Franciscano is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “Franciscan” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “membro da ordem religiosa mencionada acima”.
What does franciscano mean in English?
adjective
- 1
Franciscan
noun
- 1
masculineFranciscan
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. diz-se de religioso da ordem fundada no início do século XIII por São Francisco de Assis (1182-1226), e que abrange hoje os frades menores ou minoritas, os conventuais e os capuchinhos; capucho 2. de ou relativo a uma dessas cidades: São Francisco do Conde (Bahia), São Francisco de Paula (Minas Gerais), Francisco Badaró (Minas Gerais), Francisco Morato (São Paulo), Francisco Dantas (Rio Grande do Norte) ou Francisco Dumont (Minas Gerais)
noun: 1. membro da ordem religiosa mencionada acima 2. natural ou habitante de uma das cidades citadas acima
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 franciscano
- franciscana feminine
- franciscanos masculine plural
- franciscanas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce franciscano?
- Brazil /fɾɐ̃.sisˈkɐ̃.nu/
- /fɾɐ̃.siʃˈkɐ̃.nu/
- Portugal /fɾɐ̃.siʃˈkɐ.nu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to franciscano
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is franciscano in Portuguese?
franciscano 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).