nomenclatura
Portuguese, noun/no.mẽ.klaˈtu.ɾɐ/
nomenclatura is spelled N-O-M-E-N-C-L-A-T-U-R-A (12 letters) and appears 2.3 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 20,529th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Nomenclatura is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “nomenclature (all senses)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “conjunto de termos especiais de uma determinada ciência ou arte; terminologia”.
What does nomenclatura mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininenomenclature (all senses)
- 2
femininenomenklatura (a list of bureaucratic posts in government and industry in the former Soviet Union)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. conjunto de termos especiais de uma determinada ciência ou arte; terminologia 2. sistema de designação dos seres vivos, seus órgãos, agrupamentos etc 3. método para classificar os objetos de uma ciência ou arte
noun: 1. classe burocrática, privilegiada, dos países da Cortina de Ferro
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 nomenclatura
- nomenclaturas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce nomenclatura?
- Brazil /no.mẽ.klaˈtu.ɾɐ/
- Portugal /nu.mẽ.klɐˈtu.ɾɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to nomenclatura
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is nomenclatura in Portuguese?
nomenclatura appears 2.3 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).