iluminista
Portuguese, noun/i.lu.miˈnis.tɐ/
iluminista is spelled I-L-U-M-I-N-I-S-T-A (10 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written Portuguese, the 65,361st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Iluminista is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “member of the Enlightenment” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “seguidor do iluminismo”.
What does iluminista mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininemasculineof or relating to the Enlightenment
noun
- 1
femininemasculinemember of the Enlightenment
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. relativo ao iluminismo
noun: 1. seguidor do iluminismo
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 iluminista
- iluministas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce iluminista?
- Brazil /i.lu.miˈnis.tɐ/
- /i.lu.miˈniʃ.tɐ/
- Portugal /i.lu.miˈniʃ.tɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is iluminista in Portuguese?
iluminista appears about once in every 4 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).