herpetologia
Portuguese, noun/eʁ.pe.to.loˈʒi.ɐ/
herpetologia is spelled H-E-R-P-E-T-O-L-O-G-I-A (12 letters) and appears about once in every 17 million words in written Portuguese, the 124,583rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Herpetologia is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “herpetology (the branch of biology dealing with reptiles)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “área da zoologia reservada ao estudo dos répteis e anfíbios”.
What does herpetologia mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineherpetology (the branch of biology dealing with reptiles)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. área da zoologia reservada ao estudo dos répteis e anfíbios
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 herpetologia?
- Brazil /eʁ.pe.to.loˈʒi.ɐ/
- Brazil [eh.pe.to.loˈʒi.ɐ]
- /eɾ.pe.to.loˈʒi.ɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to herpetologia
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is herpetologia in Portuguese?
herpetologia appears about once in every 17 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).