orientalismo
Portuguese, noun/o.ɾi.ẽ.taˈliz.mu/
orientalismo is spelled O-R-I-E-N-T-A-L-I-S-M-O (12 letters) and appears about once in every 23 million words in written Portuguese, the 142,541st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Orientalismo is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “orientalism” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “estudo do Oriente”.
What does orientalismo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineorientalism
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. estudo do Oriente 2. termo ou expressão tomada de empréstimo de alguma língua do Oriente 3. tendência a estereotipar os povos do Oriente
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 orientalismo
- orientalismos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce orientalismo?
- Brazil /o.ɾi.ẽ.taˈliz.mu/
- Brazil /o.ɾjẽ.taˈliz.mu/
- /o.ɾi.ẽ.taˈliʒ.mu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to orientalismo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is orientalismo in Portuguese?
orientalismo appears about once in every 23 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).