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plurilinguismo

Portuguese, noun

plurilinguismo is spelled P-L-U-R-I-L-I-N-G-U-I-S-M-O (14 letters) and appears about once in every 74 million words in written Portuguese, the 236,506th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Plurilinguismo is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “multilingualism (condition of being able to speak several languages)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a diaeresis, plurilingüismo is a different word: “pre-reform spelling (used until 1990 in Brazil and 1945 in Portugal)…”. With an accent, plurilingùismo is a different word: “pre-reform spelling (used until 1920) of plurilinguismo”.

What does plurilinguismo mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinemultilingualism (condition of being able to speak several languages)

noun

as plurilingüismo
  1. 1

    masculinepre-reform spelling (used until 1990 in Brazil and 1945 in Portugal) of plurilinguismo; may still occur as a sporadic misspelling

noun

as plurilingùismo
  1. 1

    masculinepre-reform spelling (used until 1920) of plurilinguismo

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

Forms of plurilinguismo

  • plurilinguismos plural
  • plurilingüismo alternative
  • plurilingùismo alternative
  • plurilingüismos plural
  • plurilingùismos plural

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

English words that translate to plurilinguismo

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is plurilinguismo in Portuguese?

plurilinguismo appears about once in every 74 million words in written Portuguese.

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

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