perispírito
Portuguese, noun/pe.ɾisˈpi.ɾi.tu/
perispírito is spelled P-E-R-I-S-P-Í-R-I-T-O (11 letters) and appears about once in every 15 million words in written Portuguese, the 117,162nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Perispírito is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “perispirit (ethereal material that forms a bond between spirit and body in spiritualism)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “segundo a doutrina espírita, corpo etéreo e intangível que envolve o espírito e serve de intermediário entre…”.
What does perispírito mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineperispirit (ethereal material that forms a bond between spirit and body in spiritualism)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. segundo a doutrina espírita, corpo etéreo e intangível que envolve o espírito e serve de intermediário entre este e o corpo material ou somático, equivalente ao corpo astral da teosofia
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 perispírito
- perispíritos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce perispírito?
- Brazil /pe.ɾisˈpi.ɾi.tu/
- /pe.ɾiʃˈpi.ɾi.tu/
- Portugal /pɨ.ɾiʃˈpi.ɾi.tu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is perispírito in Portuguese?
perispírito appears about once in every 15 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).