hecatombe
Portuguese, noun/e.kaˈtõ.bi/
hecatombe is spelled H-E-C-A-T-O-M-B-E (9 letters) and appears about once in every 13 million words in written Portuguese, the 107,947th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hecatombe is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “hecatomb” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “sacrifício de muitas pessoas, carnificina humana”.
What does hecatombe mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininehecatomb
- 2
feminineslaughter, bloodbath
- 3
femininedisaster, catastrophe, calamity
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. sacrifício de muitas pessoas, carnificina humana
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 hecatombe
- hecatombes plural
- hecatomba alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce hecatombe?
- Brazil /e.kaˈtõ.bi/
- Portugal /ɛ.kɐˈtõ.bɨ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to hecatombe
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is hecatombe in Portuguese?
hecatombe appears about once in every 13 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).