orfandade
Portuguese, noun/ˌɔʁ.fɐ̃ˈda.d͡ʒi/
orfandade is spelled O-R-F-A-N-D-A-D-E (9 letters) and appears about once in every 25 million words in written Portuguese, the 145,565th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Orfandade is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “orphanhood” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “Estado de quem é órfão”.
What does orfandade mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineorphanhood
- 2
femininehelplessness, abandonment
- 3
femininedeprivation
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Estado de quem é órfão 2. Os órfãos
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 orfandade
- orfandades plural
- Or.fan.da.de canonical
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce orfandade?
- Brazil /ˌɔʁ.fɐ̃ˈda.d͡ʒi/
- Brazil [ˌɔh.fɐ̃ˈda.d͡ʒi]
- /ˌɔɾ.fɐ̃ˈda.d͡ʒi/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is orfandade in Portuguese?
orfandade appears about once in every 25 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).