geodésia
Portuguese, noun/ʒe.oˈdɛ.zjɐ/
geodésia is spelled G-E-O-D-É-S-I-A (8 letters) and appears about once in every 11 million words in written Portuguese, the 101,652nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Geodésia is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “geodesy (scientific discipline that deals with the measurement and representation of Earth)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ciência que se ocupa da forma e das dimensões da Terra”.
What does geodésia mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininegeodesy (scientific discipline that deals with the measurement and representation of Earth)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. o mesmo que geodésia
noun: 1. ciência que se ocupa da forma e das dimensões da Terra
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.
How do you pronounce geodésia?
- Brazil /ʒe.oˈdɛ.zjɐ/
- Portugal /ʒjuˈdɛ.zjɐ/
- Portugal [ʒjuˈðɛ.zjɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to geodésia
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is geodésia in Portuguese?
geodésia 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).