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hierático

Portuguese, adjective/jeˈɾa.t͡ʃi.ku/

hierático is a Portuguese adjective meaning “hieratic” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “relativo às coisas sagradas”.

What does hierático mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    hieratic

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

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. relativo às coisas sagradas

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 hierático

  • hierática feminine
  • hieráticos masculine plural
  • hieráticas feminine plural

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

How do you pronounce hierático?

  • Brazil /jeˈɾa.t͡ʃi.ku/
  • Portugal /jɛˈɾa.ti.ku/

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

English words that translate to hierático

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

How common is hierático in Portuguese?

hierático appears about once in every 65 million words in written Portuguese.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).