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latitude

Portuguese, noun/la.t͡ʃiˈtu.d͡ʒi/

latitude is spelled L-A-T-I-T-U-D-E (8 letters) and appears 1.9 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 22,895th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Latitude is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “latitude (angular distance north or south from the equator)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “medida da posição de um objeto ou local na superfície terrestre, dada como o ângulo, em graus, formado entre…”.

What does latitude mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininelatitude (angular distance north or south from the equator)

  2. 2

    femininelatitude (imaginary line parallel to the equator)

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

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

noun: 1. medida da posição de um objeto ou local na superfície terrestre, dada como o ângulo, em graus, formado entre o local, sua projeção no equador e o centro da Terra, com centro nesse último. Juntamente com a longitude, fornece uma localização precisa na superfície do globo

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 latitude

  • latitudes plural

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

How do you pronounce latitude?

  • Brazil /la.t͡ʃiˈtu.d͡ʒi/
  • Portugal /lɐ.tiˈtu.dɨ/
  • Portugal [lɐ.tiˈtu.ðɨ]

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

English words that translate to latitude

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

How common is latitude in Portuguese?

latitude appears 1.9 times per 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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