noviço
Portuguese, noun/noˈvi.su/
noviço is spelled N-O-V-I-Ç-O (6 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written Portuguese, the 80,231st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Noviço is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “novice (new member of a religious order)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “principiante”.
What does noviço mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinenovice (new member of a religious order)
- 2
masculinebeginner; novice (inexperienced person)
adjective
- 1
inexperienced
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. principiante 2. novato 3. inexperiente 4. novel
noun: 1. principiante 2. novato 3. inexperiente 4. novel
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 noviço
- noviços plural
- noviça feminine
- noviças feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce noviço?
- Brazil /noˈvi.su/
- Portugal /nuˈvi.su/
- Portugal /nuˈbi.su/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to noviço
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is noviço in Portuguese?
noviço appears about once in every 6 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).