genitivo
/ʒɨ.ni.ˈti.vu/
The verdict
“genitivo” is uncommon Portuguese (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Portuguese
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - caso em que ficam as palavras com função de adjunto adnominal atribuindo ou restringindo o significado de outra palavra nas frases das línguas declináveis
Corpus desk
Index PT-genitivo · genitivo · Portuguese
genitivo · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "G" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | genitivo |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ʒɨ.ni.ˈti.vu/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “genitivo” em português
Rare enough to double-check
genitivo is uncommon Portuguese outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ʒɨ.ni.ˈti.vu/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "caso em que ficam as palavras com função de adjunto adnominal atribuindo ou restringindo o significado de outra palavra nas frases das línguas declináveis".
No misspelling variants are generated for genitivo in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Portuguese form is genitivo, spelled G-E-N-I-T-I-V-O.
Definition
- 1caso em que ficam as palavras com função de adjunto adnominal atribuindo ou restringindo o significado de outra palavra nas frases das línguas declináveis
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how genitivo appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
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Nota: embora característico das línguas declináveis (alemão, grego, latim, finlandês, etc.), existe ainda remanescente no inglês o chamado genitive case.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.