psicanálise
Portuguese, noun/pi.si.kaˈna.li.zi/
psicanálise is spelled P-S-I-C-A-N-Á-L-I-S-E (11 letters) and appears 2.8 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 17,997th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Psicanálise is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “psychoanalysis (family of psychological theories and methods)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “método de tratamento de neuroses e psicoses, desenvolvido inicialmente por Sigmund Freud, que investiga os…”.
What does psicanálise mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininepsychoanalysis (family of psychological theories and methods)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. método de tratamento de neuroses e psicoses, desenvolvido inicialmente por Sigmund Freud, que investiga os aspectos psicológicos dos processos mentais 2. tratamento que utiliza esse método
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 psicanálise
- psychanalyse alternative obsolete
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce psicanálise?
- Brazil /pi.si.kaˈna.li.zi/
- Brazil /psi.kaˈna.li.zi/
- Portugal /psi.kɐˈna.li.zɨ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to psicanálise
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is psicanálise in Portuguese?
psicanálise appears 2.8 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).