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ortónimo

Portuguese, noun

ortónimo is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “orthonym” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, ortônimo is a different word: “Brazilian Portuguese standard spelling of ortónimo”. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “nome verdadeiro”.

What does ortónimo mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculineorthonym

noun

as ortônimo
  1. 1

    masculineBrazilian Portuguese standard spelling of ortónimo

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

noun: 1. nome verdadeiro 2. nome real

noun: 1. vide ortónimo

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 ortónimo

  • ortónimos plural
  • ortônimo alternative Brazil
  • ortônimos plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How common is ortónimo in Portuguese?

ortónimo appears about once in every 56 million words in written Portuguese.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).