mourisca
Portuguese, noun
mourisca is spelled M-O-U-R-I-S-C-A (8 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written Portuguese, the 99,585th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Mourisca is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “A type of white shirt worn by priests” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a feminine singular of mourisco. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “variedade de uva preta do Douro semelhante à periquita”.
What does mourisca mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineA type of white shirt worn by priests.
- 2
feminineAn old Moorish dance.
- 3
feminineA traditional pantomime (musical comedy stage production) performed in special attire.
adjective
- 1
femininefeminine singular of mourisco
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. variedade de uva preta do Douro semelhante à periquita 2. pantomima representada ao ar livre com trajes apropriados ao assunto 3. dança antiga de mouros ou de pessoas trajadas como mouros
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 mourisca
- mouriscas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is mourisca in Portuguese?
mourisca appears about once in every 10 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).