gentílico
Portuguese, noun/ʒẽˈt͡ʃi.li.ku/
gentílico is spelled G-E-N-T-Í-L-I-C-O (9 letters) and appears about once in every 11 million words in written Portuguese, the 100,600th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gentílico is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “demonym” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “palavra que designa o local onde se nasceu”.
What does gentílico mean in English?
adjective
- 1
heathen, pagan
- 2
gentilic, demonymic
noun
- 1
masculinedemonym
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. que pertence ou se refere gentios 2. diz-se de palavra que designa o local onde se nasceu
noun: 1. palavra que designa o local onde se nasceu
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 gentílico
- gentílica feminine
- gentílicos masculine plural
- gentílicas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce gentílico?
- Brazil /ʒẽˈt͡ʃi.li.ku/
- Portugal /ʒẽˈti.li.ku/
- Portugal /ʒẽ.ˈti.li.ku/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to gentílico
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is gentílico in Portuguese?
gentílico appears about once in every 11 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).