gerontologia
Portuguese, noun/ʒe.ɾõ.to.loˈʒi.ɐ/
gerontologia is spelled G-E-R-O-N-T-O-L-O-G-I-A (12 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written Portuguese, the 77,804th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gerontologia is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “gerontology (branch of science that deals with the problems of aged people)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “estudo do processo de envelhecimento humano e dos fenômenos decorrentes da velhice”.
What does gerontologia mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininegerontology (branch of science that deals with the problems of aged people)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. estudo do processo de envelhecimento humano e dos fenômenos decorrentes da velhice
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 gerontologia?
- Brazil /ʒe.ɾõ.to.loˈʒi.ɐ/
- Portugal /ʒɨ.ɾõ.tu.luˈʒi.ɐ/
- /ʒe.ɾõw.to.lo.ˈʒi.a/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to gerontologia
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is gerontologia in Portuguese?
gerontologia appears about once in every 6 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).