magnitude
Portuguese, noun/ma.ɡi.niˈtu.d͡ʒi/
magnitude is spelled M-A-G-N-I-T-U-D-E (9 letters) and appears 9.8 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 7,515th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Magnitude is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “magnitude (size, extent or importance)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “importância”.
What does magnitude mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemagnitude (size, extent or importance)
- 2
femininemagnitude (value assigned to a variable)
- 3
femininemagnitude (the norm of a vector)
- 4
femininemagnitude (apparent brightness of a star)
- 5
femininemagnitude (energy of an earthquake)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. importância 2. tamanho, dimensões 3. número indicador do brilho de uma estrela 4. número característico de uma quantidade que serve de base de comparação com outras quantidades similares
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 magnitude
- magnitudes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce magnitude?
- Brazil /ma.ɡi.niˈtu.d͡ʒi/
- Brazil /maɡ.niˈtu.d͡ʒi/
- Portugal /maɡ.niˈtu.dɨ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to magnitude
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is magnitude in Portuguese?
magnitude appears 9.8 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).