hemiciclo
Portuguese, noun/e.miˈsi.klu/
hemiciclo is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “semicircle, hemicycle” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “qualquer estrutura semicircular; semicírculo”.
What does hemiciclo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesemicircle, hemicycle
- 2
masculinefloor (the part of the house assigned to the members of a parliament)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. qualquer estrutura semicircular; semicírculo 2. espaço semicircular com assentos ou bancadas dispostos em filas que convergem para o centro; anfiteatro
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 hemiciclo
- hemiciclos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce hemiciclo?
- Brazil /e.miˈsi.klu/
- Portugal /ɛ.miˈsi.klu/
- Portugal /i.miˈsi.klu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is hemiciclo in Portuguese?
hemiciclo appears about once in every 12 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).