paleografia
Portuguese, noun/ˌpa.le.o.ɡɾaˈfi.ɐ/
paleografia is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “paleography (the study of ancient forms of writing)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “área do saber à qual cabe estudar a origem, a forma e a evolução de toda a escrita”.
What does paleografia mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininepaleography (the study of ancient forms of writing)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. área do saber à qual cabe estudar a origem, a forma e a evolução de toda a escrita 2. descrição de textos antigos 3. arte de decifrar esses escritos
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 paleografia
- paleografias plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce paleografia?
- Brazil /ˌpa.le.o.ɡɾaˈfi.ɐ/
- Portugal /pɐ.lju.ɡɾɐˈfi.ɐ/
- Portugal [pɐ.lju.ɣɾɐˈfi.ɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to paleografia
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is paleografia in Portuguese?
paleografia appears about once in every 28 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).