lexicografia
Portuguese, noun/lek.si.ko.ɡɾaˈfi.ɐ/
lexicografia is spelled L-E-X-I-C-O-G-R-A-F-I-A (12 letters) and appears about once in every 25 million words in written Portuguese, the 145,565th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Lexicografia is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “lexicography (art or craft of writing dictionaries)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ciência e técnica da elaboração de dicionários”.
What does lexicografia mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininelexicography (art or craft of writing dictionaries)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ciência e técnica da elaboração de dicionários 2. o trabalho de compilar vocabulários, definições, entre outros elementos de um dicionário 3. estudo e avaliação deste trabalho 4. análise científica dos critérios envolvidos na produção lexicográfica
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 lexicografia
- lexicografias plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce lexicografia?
- Brazil /lek.si.ko.ɡɾaˈfi.ɐ/
- Portugal /lɨk.si.ku.ɡɾɐˈfi.ɐ/
- Portugal [lɨk.si.ku.ɣɾɐˈfi.ɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to lexicografia
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is lexicografia in Portuguese?
lexicografia appears about once in every 25 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).