odontologia
Portuguese, noun/o.dõ.to.loˈʒi.ɐ/
odontologia is spelled O-D-O-N-T-O-L-O-G-I-A (11 letters) and appears 2.4 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 19,941st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Odontologia is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “dentistry (field of medicine which deals with the teeth)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ciência de estudo, conhecimento e tratamento que abrange além da boca, a cabeça e o pescoço; o principal foco…”.
What does odontologia mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininedentistry (field of medicine which deals with the teeth)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ciência de estudo, conhecimento e tratamento que abrange além da boca, a cabeça e o pescoço; o principal foco em boca abrange os dentes, os lábios, a língua e todas as demais estruturas presentes nessa região, não adentrando no campo do otorrinolaringologista ou outras especialidades médicas
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.
How do you pronounce odontologia?
- Brazil /o.dõ.to.loˈʒi.ɐ/
- Portugal /ɔ.dõ.tu.luˈʒi.ɐ/
- Portugal [ɔ.ðõ.tu.luˈʒi.ɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to odontologia
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is odontologia in Portuguese?
odontologia appears 2.4 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).