prolegômenos
Portuguese, noun/pɾo.leˈɡõ.me.nus/
prolegômenos is spelled P-R-O-L-E-G-Ô-M-E-N-O-S (12 letters) and appears about once in every 41 million words in written Portuguese, the 181,777th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Prolegômenos is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “prolegomena” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “exposição preliminar dos princípíos gerais de uma ciência ou arte”.
What does prolegômenos mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineprolegomena
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. exposição preliminar dos princípíos gerais de uma ciência ou arte 2. prefácio longo 3. introdução geral de uma obra
noun: 1. exposição preliminar dos princípíos gerais de uma ciência ou arte 2. prefácio longo 3. introdução geral de uma obra
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.
How do you pronounce prolegômenos?
- Brazil /pɾo.leˈɡõ.me.nus/
- /pɾo.leˈɡõ.me.nuʃ/
- Portugal /pɾu.lɨˈɡo.mɨ.nuʃ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is prolegômenos in Portuguese?
prolegômenos appears about once in every 41 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).