ialorixá
Portuguese, noun/ja.lo.ɾiˈʃa/
ialorixá is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “Candomblé priestess” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “autoridade máxima na candomblé”.
What does ialorixá mean in English?
noun
- 1
BrazilfeminineCandomblé priestess
Coordinate term: babalorixá
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. autoridade máxima na candomblé
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 ialorixá
- ialorixás plural
- iyalorixá alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ialorixá?
- Brazil /ja.lo.ɾiˈʃa/
- Portugal /jɐ.lu.ɾiˈʃa/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is ialorixá in Portuguese?
ialorixá 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).