ogiva
Portuguese, noun/oˈʒi.vɐ/
ogiva is spelled O-G-I-V-A (5 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese, the 36,381st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ogiva is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “ogive” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “figura arquitetônica formada por dois arcos que se encontram na parte superior”.
What does ogiva mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineogive
- 2
femininenose cone or warhead (of a missile)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. figura arquitetônica formada por dois arcos que se encontram na parte superior
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 ogiva
- ogivas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ogiva?
- Brazil /oˈʒi.vɐ/
- Portugal /ɔˈʒi.vɐ/
- Portugal /ɔˈʒi.bɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to ogiva
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ogiva in Portuguese?
ogiva appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).