pedantismo
Portuguese, noun/pe.dɐ̃ˈt͡ʃiz.mu/
pedantismo is spelled P-E-D-A-N-T-I-S-M-O (10 letters) and appears about once in every 11 million words in written Portuguese, the 100,600th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pedantismo is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “pedantry” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ato ou modos de pedante”.
What does pedantismo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinepedantry
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ato ou modos de pedante
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 pedantismo
- pedantismos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pedantismo?
- Brazil /pe.dɐ̃ˈt͡ʃiz.mu/
- /pe.dɐ̃ˈt͡ʃiʒ.mu/
- Portugal /pɨ.dɐ̃ˈtiʒ.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 pedantismo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is pedantismo in Portuguese?
pedantismo appears about once in every 11 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).