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heterodoxo

Portuguese, adjective/ˌɛ.te.ɾoˈdɔk.su/

heterodoxo is spelled H-E-T-E-R-O-D-O-X-O (10 letters) and appears about once in every 12 million words in written Portuguese, the 105,827th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Heterodoxo is a Portuguese adjective meaning “heterodox, unorthodox” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “não ortodoxo”.

What does heterodoxo mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    heterodox, unorthodox

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. não ortodoxo 2. contrário à ortodoxia 3. contrário à tradição 4. herético

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 heterodoxo

  • heterodoxa feminine
  • heterodoxos masculine plural
  • heterodoxas feminine plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce heterodoxo?

  • Brazil /ˌɛ.te.ɾoˈdɔk.su/
  • Portugal /ˌɛ.tɨ.ɾɔˈdɔk.su/
  • Portugal [ˌɛ.tɨ.ɾɔˈðɔk.su]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to heterodoxo

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is heterodoxo in Portuguese?

heterodoxo 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).

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