megalitismo
Portuguese, noun/ˌmɛ.ɡa.liˈt͡ʃiz.mu/
megalitismo is spelled M-E-G-A-L-I-T-I-S-M-O (11 letters) and appears about once in every 55 million words in written Portuguese, the 207,250th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Megalitismo is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “megalithism (culture surrounding the building of megaliths)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “fenômeno cultural pré-histórico que se desenvolveu em diferentes partes do mundo, caracterizado pela…”.
What does megalitismo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinemegalithism (culture surrounding the building of megaliths)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. fenômeno cultural pré-histórico que se desenvolveu em diferentes partes do mundo, caracterizado pela construção de diferentes tipos de monumentos erigidos com blocos de pedra
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 megalitismo
- megalitismos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce megalitismo?
- Brazil /ˌmɛ.ɡa.liˈt͡ʃiz.mu/
- /ˌmɛ.ɡa.liˈt͡ʃiʒ.mu/
- Portugal /ˌmɛ.ɡɐ.liˈtiʒ.mu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is megalitismo in Portuguese?
megalitismo appears about once in every 55 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).