onomástica
Portuguese, noun/o.noˈmas.t͡ʃi.kɐ/
onomástica is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “onomastics (branch of lexicology devoted to the study of names)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a feminine singular of onomástico. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ciência que trata da catalogação e estudo dos nomes próprios”.
What does onomástica mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineonomastics (branch of lexicology devoted to the study of names)
adjective
- 1
femininefeminine singular of onomástico
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ciência que trata da catalogação e estudo dos nomes próprios 2. conjunto de nomes próprios de um lugar
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 onomástica?
- Brazil /o.noˈmas.t͡ʃi.kɐ/
- /o.noˈmaʃ.t͡ʃi.kɐ/
- Portugal /ɔ.nuˈmaʃ.ti.kɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to onomástica
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is onomástica in Portuguese?
onomástica appears about once in every 21 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).