litania
Portuguese, noun/li.taˈni.ɐ/
litania is spelled L-I-T-A-N-I-A (7 letters) and appears about once in every 27 million words in written Portuguese, the 151,527th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Litania is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “litany (prayers recited by a leader alternated with responses from the congregation)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “uma forma de oração utilizada especialmente no culto católico que consiste em uma série de preces organizada…”.
What does litania mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininelitany (prayers recited by a leader alternated with responses from the congregation)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. uma forma de oração utilizada especialmente no culto católico que consiste em uma série de preces organizada em curtas invocações alternadamente entre um solista e a assembleia produzindo um efeito encantatório
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 litania
- litanias plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce litania?
- Brazil /li.taˈni.ɐ/
- Portugal /li.tɐˈni.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 litania
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is litania in Portuguese?
litania appears about once in every 27 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).